178 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Statement, by water areas, of the yield of shad in each form of apparatus employed in the 

 fisheries of Virginia in 1896. 



Waters. 



Chesapeake Bay : 



Western shore 



James River and tributaries : 



Below Chickahorniny River 



Between Chickahominy and Appomattox rivers 



Above Appomattox River 



Chickahominy River 



Appomattox River I 



York River and tributaries: 



York River 



Pamunkey River 



Mattaponi River 



Rappahannock River: 



From Deep Creek to Leedstown 



Leedstowu and above 



Potomac River: 



Below Mattox Creek 



Above Mattox Creek 



Total 



Stake nets. 



No. 



91, 778 

 9,928 



42, 640 

 1,281 



104, 118 



600 

 10,910 



304, 808 



Value. 



$6, 230 



16, 680 

 1.644 



5,132 

 119 



8,242 



58 

 1,558 



39, 663 



Drift nets. 



No. 



162, 655 

 33, 385 



131, 643 

 11, 945 



180, 642 

 169, 799 



7,580 

 32, 774 



142, 400 



872, 823 



Value. 



$14, 706 

 2,709 

 9,589 

 1,087 



14, 911 



16, 290 



571 

 2,586 



11, 729 



74, 178 



Seines. 



No. 



5,482 

 18, 208 



17, 510 

 8,309 



250 

 2,334 

 10, 117 



6,792 

 2,948 



79, 385 



151,335 



Value. 



1,770 



1,297 

 794 



25 

 175 

 755 



678 



295 



6,471 



12, 740 



Waters. 



Pound nets. 



No. 



Value. 



Miscellaneous. 



No. Value. 



Total. 



No. 



Value. 



Chesapeake Bay: 



Western shore 



Eastern shore 



James River and tributaries : 



Below Chickahominy River 



Between Chickahominy and Appomattox 

 rivers 



Above Appomattox River 



Chickahominy River 



Appomattox River 



York River and tributaries: 



York River 



Pamunkey River 



Mattaponi River 



Mobjack Bay 



Rappahannock River : 



Below Deep Creek 



From Deep Creek to Leedstown 



Leedstown and above 



Potomac River: 



Below Mattox Creek 



Above Mattox Creek 



1,071,841 

 36, 408 



3,119 



$102, 803 

 4,085 



361 



ol, 800 



$130 



138, 895 



12, 890 



&590 



Total . 



140, 777 



194, 067 

 51,575 

 16, 862 



167, 870 

 49, 660 



13, 874 



17, 579 

 3,923 

 1,414 



18, 237 

 5,031 



61,015 

 c58 



1, 115, 394 

 36, 408 



100, 379 



190, 791 

 33, 385 



150, 953 

 20, 254 



182, 375 

 184, 257 

 179, 916 

 140, 777 



194, 067 

 171,080 

 52, 612 



168, 470 

 282, 355 



$109, 033 

 4,085 



17, 521 



18, 120 

 2,709 



11,016 

 1,881 



18,111 



15, 205 

 17, 045 

 13, 874 



17, 579 



13, 489 

 4,303 



18, 295 

 24, 789 



1, 871, 074 



180, 197 



3,463 



277 



3, 203, 503 



307, 055 



a Hedges. b Fyke nets. c Fall traps. 



CHESAPEAKE BAY IN VIRGINIA. 



In Chesapeake Bay and tributaries are located the principal shad 

 fisheries of America, the annual yield approximating 5,000,000 in num- 

 ber, 40 per cent of the product on the entire Atlantic coast. This large 

 aggregation of shad, as well as many more of which we have no evi- 

 dence, annually passes through the 12-mile entrance between Capes 

 Charles and Henry, sending a detachment of 500,000 or more up James 

 Eiver, an equal quantity up the York, nearly as many up the Rappa- 

 hannock, 1,250,000 in the meantime being caught on the shores of the 

 bay below Smith Point, thus reducing the number to 2,250,000 by the 

 time the mouth of the Potomac is reached. That river attracts about 

 750,000, leaving 1,500,000 to pass into the middle and upper waters of 

 Chesapeake Bay and tributaries. Each of these water areas or river 



