228 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



THE SHAD FISHERIES OF NEW JERSEY. 



The extent by water areas of the shad fisheries of New Jersey is pre- 

 sented in the following series of three tables, showing (1) the number of 

 persons employed; (2) the boats, apparatus, etc., used, and (3) the 

 quantity and value of the catch. 



Statement shotving, by water areas, the number of persons employed in the shad fisheries 



of New Jersey in 1896. 



Waters. 



Number of fishermen. 



Gill-net. 



Drift. Stake 



Seine. 



Fyke- 

 net. 



Total, 

 exclu- 

 sive of 

 dupli- 

 cation. 



Shores- 

 men. 



Trans- 

 porters. 



Total. 



Delaware Bay 



Delaware River below Scudder 



Falls 



Delaware River above Scudder 

 Falls 



Cohansey Creek 



Alloway Creek 



Salem Creek 



Raccoon Creek 



Mantua Creek 



Big Timber Creek 



Jenkins Sound 



Ludlam Bay 



Manasquan River 



Sandy Hook Bay 



Raritan Bay 



Raritan River 



New York Bay 



Hudson River 



Total , 



565 



32 



176 



1,784 



176 

 20 

 2 



577 



1,389 



256 

 52 



2 

 30 



5 



19 

 2 



10 

 28 

 54 

 73 

 1 

 25 

 176 



2,701 



1,459 



256 

 52 



2 

 30 



5 



2 

 19 



2 

 10 

 28 

 54 

 73 



1 

 25 

 176 



38 2, 774 



Statement shoiving, by water areas, the boats, apparatus, etc., employed in the shad fisheries 



of New Jersey in 1896. , 



