SHAD FISHERIES OF THE ATLANTIC COAST. 



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The following table shows the boats, apparatus, etc., employed in 

 the fisheries of Delaware Bay and River in 1896: 



Designation. 



Boats 



Stake nets 



Drift nets 



Seines 



Pound nets 



Spears 



Shore property 



Delaware Bay. 



Number. Length. Value 



278 

 7 



259 

 2 

 2 



Yards. 



2,700 



290, 740 



850 



$31, 335 



240 



44, 930 



425 



325 



Delaware River below Si-udder 

 Falls. 



Number. 



988 



828 

 45 



Length. 



Yards. 



Value. 



$88, 702 



414, 044 



17, 903 



70, 096 

 15, 720 



Total . 



26, 240 



93, 109 



103, 495 



267, 687 



The following table shows the yield of shad in Delaware Bay and 

 River, by each form of apparatus, in 1890 : 



