116 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OP FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Statement of the number and value of shad caught on the Atlantic coast of the United 



States in 1896. 



States. 



Florida 



Georgia 



South Carolina 

 North Carolina . 



Virginia 



Maryland 



Delaware 



Pennsylvania... 



New Jersey 



New York 



Connecticut 



Rhode Island . . 

 Massachusetts . 

 Maine 



Total 



Drift nets. 



No. Value. 



333, 277 



130, 925 



83, 233 



83, 015 



872, 823 



695, 651 



407, 542 



297, 004 



2, 586, 381 



362, 062 



55, 723 



22, 080 

 68, 427 



5, 998, 143 



$53, 677 

 44, 808 

 19, 405 

 18, 910 

 74, 178 

 68, 875 

 60, 936 

 36, 525 



249, 763 

 50, 938 

 10, 740 



691 

 6,701 



Stake nets. 



No. Value. 



1,689 



10, 134 



33, 602 



944, 582 



304, 808 



129, 034 



4,200 



191, 275 

 83, 775 



696,147 1,703,099 



$285 

 3,338 

 6,615 

 204. 080 

 39, 663 

 14, 959 

 672 



29, 095 

 10, 449 



Seines. 



No. Value. 



125, 248 



4,262 



532, 966 



151, 335 



223, 351 



53, 922 



308, 335 



466, 439 



68, 345 



7,472 



12,442 

 45, 825 



309,156 1,999,942 



$8, 627 



107 

 899 



710 

 499 

 154 

 is? 

 790 

 991 

 073 



245, 869 



Pound nets and 

 weirs. 



No. 



478, 531 



1, 871, 074 



449, 567 



380 



40, 377 

 22, 550 



7,093 

 12, 472 



5,300 

 252, 486 



3,139,830 



Value. 



$90, 690 



180, 197 



52, 658 



53 



6,720 

 3,641 

 1,669 

 3,284 

 1,155 

 21, 565 



361, 632 



It appears that in the number of persons employed, North Carolina 

 ranks hrst among the Atlantic coast States, this position being due to 

 the large number of bow-net fishermen in the State. Next in order are 

 Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, and South Carolina. In the number 

 of shad caught New Jersey stands first, with a yield of 3,338,480, and 

 Virginia comes second, with 3,203,503 shad. Virginia usually ranks 

 first, with North Carolina second, but the catch in those two States in 

 1896 was unusually small, while it was considerably above the normal 

 in New Jersey. 



The extent by water areas. — No regular shad fisheries are prosecuted 

 along the ocean shore of the United States, and the great bulk of this 

 species is taken within the general coast line. With the exception of 

 a few individuals caught incidentally in the several pound nets along 

 Virginia Beach, uo shad are reported as obtained along the ocean shore 

 south of Barnegat, N. J. Between Barnegat Inlet and Sandy Hook 

 Point there are a hundred or so pound nets set for menhaden, flounders, 

 bluefish, etc., which catch 10,000 or 15,000 shad annually. The next 

 point at which shad are taken outside the general coast line is between 

 the eastern end of Long Island and Cape Cod, where 3,000 or 4,000 are 



