V "THE PRINCIPAL RIVER FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 

 WITH AN ESTIMATE OF THE CATCH FOR 1880. 



By Chas. W. SftULEY, 



Principal and tributary waters. 



MAINE. 



Saint Jolin Eiver 



Saint Croix Kiver, Schoodic Lake 

 and tribuiaries 



Denny's River 



Cobscook Eiver 



Machias and East Macbias Eivers . . . 



Tunk, Ifarragaugus, Harrington, 

 Pleasant, Indian, and Chandler's 

 Eivers 



Union Eiver 



Penobscot Eiver : Gray's or Walk- 

 er's Pond, Alamoosbok, Toddy, 

 Craig, and other ponds, Pusbaw 

 Eiver, Passadamkeag Eiver, Pis- 

 cataquis, Pleasant, Sebec Eiver 

 and ponds, . Mattawamkeag and 

 Salmon Eivers 



Peniaquid, Muscongus, Saint George 

 Eivers, &,c 



Damariscotta Eiver 



Sheepscott Eiver 



Kennebec River: Androscoggin Riv- 

 er, Little Androscoggin Eiver and 

 Thompson Lake, "Weld Pond, Ellis 

 and Bear Branch, Umbagog, Eich- 

 ardson, Moleobunkemnnk Eiver, 

 Moostocmagnntic, Eangeley, and 

 other lakes, Eastern Eiver, Cob- 

 bossecontee Eiver and Lake, Se- 

 basticook Eiver, Messalonskee 

 Eiver and Belgrade Lake, "Wisse- 

 runset, Sandy, Carrabasset, and 

 Dead Eivers, Moosehead Lake, 

 Moose Eiver 



Presumpscot Eiver: Sebago, Long 

 Lake, &c., Songo Eiver, Crooked 

 River 



Saco Eiver, Little Ossipee Eiver 



Mousam River 



York River 



Piscataquis River 



VERMONT. 



Lake Memphremagog, Black River, 

 and Barton Eiver 



Lake Champlain: Lamoille Eiver, 

 Winooski or Onion Eiver, Otter 

 Creek, Poultney Eiver, Pawlet 

 Eiver, Lake George, Boquet Eiver, 

 Au Sable Eiver, Chazy River, Sar- 

 anac River and Lake 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



Merrimac Eiver : Concord.Sudbury, 

 and Assabet Eivers, Nashua Eiver, 

 Contoocook Eiver, Pemigewasset 

 Eiver, "Winnipiseogee Lake and 

 Eiver 



Annual 

 catcb. 



Pounds. 

 20, 000 



45, 000 

 50, 000 

 25, 000 

 125, 000 



135, 000 



25, 000 



450, 000 



1, 500, 000 



50, 000 



1, 290, 000 



18, 000 

 16, 500 

 10, 000 

 5,000 

 85, 000 



[1] 



1, 272, 000 



400, 000 



MASSACHUSETTS-Continued. 



Parker and Jpswicb Eivers, and 

 Wenham Pond 



Essex Eiver, Chebacco Pond, North, 

 South, and Sangus Eivers 



Mystic, Charle.s, and Neponset Eiv- 

 ers 



Eore, Back, North, South, and Jones 

 Eivers 



Great South Pond 



Streams, &c., of Barnstable and 

 Dukes Counties 



"Wareham and Half-way Ponds, We- 

 weautitt, Mattapoisett, Sippican, 

 Acusbnet, Apponegansett, Paman- 

 set, and Westport 'Eivers 



Taunton Eiver : Nomasket Eiver and 

 Winetuxet River 



Palmer River 



RHODE ISLAND. 



AA''allum Lake 



Sakonuet Eiver 



Warren Eiver 



Providence Eiver: Pawtucket Eiver, 



Blackstone Eiver 



Powtowomut and Pawtuxet Eivers . . 

 Coast ponds and Pettaquamsutt 



Eiver , 



Pawcatuck River 



CONNECTICUT. 



Mystic Eiver 



Thames Eiver: Quinebaugh Eiver, 

 Sbetucket Eiver, Moosup River. .. 



Connecticut Eiver: Earmington 

 River, Agawam, Little, and West- 

 field Eivers ; Chicopee, Ware, and 

 Swift Eivers; Deeriield and MiUer's 

 Eivers ; Ashuelot River, West 

 River, Suo;ar Eiver, Ammonoosuc 

 Eiver, and Indian Stream 



Branford Eiver 



Qninnipiao Eiver 



Housatouic Eiver: Naugatuck Eiver, 

 Shepaug Eiver 



Saugatuck Eiver. 



Norwalk Eiver 



Mianus and Mill Eivers 



NEW YORK. 



Hudson River : Cioton Eiver and 

 Lake, Dutchess and Columbia 

 County streams and lakes, Eond- 

 out and Walkill Eivers, Esopus 

 C'eek, CatskQl Creek, Kiuderhook 

 Creek and Lake, Mohawk Eiver, 

 Schoharie Eiver, West Canada 



Pounds. 



8,000 



100, 000 



175, 000 



220, 000 

 50, 000 



■800,000 



860, 000 

 ] 0,000 



3,000 

 450, 000 

 40, 000 



353, 000 

 55, 000 



65, 000 

 45, 000 



29, 500 



S42, 300 



1.50 



2,500 



230, 000 



1,500 



6,000 



250 



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