194 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 Maryland in 1896. 



a Fall traps or pots. 



CHESAPEAKE BAY IN MARYLAND. 



Chesapeake Bay extends northward iuto the State of Maryland a 

 distance of 120 miles, running to within 12 miles of the northern bound- 

 ary, dividing the State into two large portions, the Eastern Shore and 

 Western Shore. It is from 4 to 20 miles wide and covers an area of 

 976 square miles, but, including its numerous tributaries up to the limit 

 of tide water, it covers an area of 2,359 square miles within Maryland 

 limits. The depth is from 3 to 18 fathoms, and the water is salty, 

 except in the northern portion above Swan Point, where it becomes 



