242 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 

 THE SHAD FISHERIES OF NEW YORK. 



The shad fisheries of New York State are located principally in 

 Hudson River and the sections of New York Bay leading thereto, over 

 98 per cent of the yield in 189b* being obtained in those waters. A 

 few shad are also obtained in the Nissequague Eiver, Little Neck Bay, 

 Gardiner Bay, Long Island Sound, and Great South Bay, but the catch 

 in the last tbree bodies of water is merely incidental to the taking of 

 other species of fish. 



The following series of tables shows the extent of the shad fisheries 

 of each water area of this State: . 



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

 fisheries of New York in 1896. 



Statement, hy water areas, of the number of boats, apparatus, etc., employed in the shad 

 fisheries of New York in 1896. 



