218 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



THE SHAD FISHERIES OF DELAWARE. 



The shad fisheries of Delaware are prosecuted from Nauticoke River, 

 Delaware River, Delaware Bay, and small tributaries entering them, 

 as appears from the following series of tables: 



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

 fisheries of Delaware in 1S96. 



Waters. 



Fishermen. 



Drift- 

 net. 



Stake- 

 net. 



Seine. 



Pound- 

 net. 



Bow- 

 net. 



Total, ex- 

 clusive of 

 duplica- 

 tion. 



Nanticoko River 



Broad Creek 



Delaware Bay 



Broadkiln Creek 



Mispillion Creek 



Murderkill Creek 



St. Jones Creek 



Leipsic Creek 



Duck Creek 



Delaware River 



Appoquinimink Creek. 



Cliris t iana Creek 



Total 



252 



120 

 32 

 64 

 64 

 76 

 56 

 24 

 25 

 22 



186 



6 



24 



Statement of the boats, apparatus, etc., employed in the shad fisheries of Delaware in 1896. 



