SHAD FISHERIES OP THE ATLANTIC COAST. 



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caught each year in pound nets. Between Cape Cod and the eastern 

 part of Maine mackerel boats catch several thousand shad, and a few 

 are taken in pound nets set on the coast, 97,505, being thus taken in 

 1890, making a total of 115,070 shad taken in 1890 along the ocean 

 shore, against a total of 115,937,753 taken within the coast line. 



The following table shows by water-courses the number of persons 

 employed in the shad fisheries in 1890 : 



Statement, by water areas, of the number of men employed in each branch of the shad 

 fisheries of the Atlantic coast in 1896. 



