Hyde County experienced a landing of 129,000 lbs. of 

 food fish, but in 1964 the county's landing was only 

 7,000 lbs. Engelhard accounted for most of Hyde County's 

 total land ings . 

 (g) Currituck County's landings at Coinjock consisted entirely 

 of food fish and amounted to approximately 303,000 lbs. 



For the Albemarle Area as a whole, one may draw these con- 

 clusions based upon the 1964 statistics: 



Chowan County had the largest landing of herring and 

 catfish, and leads the area in fresh water fish pro- 

 duction. 



Dare was the largest producer of food fish and shellfish, 

 and as such may be considered the most important county 

 in the Albemarle Area in the fisheries industry. 



The above statistics indicate the amount of seafood landed 

 in each county. What is not revealed is where the catch is made. 

 Therefore, it is not possible to determine the amount of seafood 

 taken from the Chowan River, the Albemarle Sound, the Pamlico 

 Sound, or the Atlantic Ocean. The statistics also do not reveal 

 where the fishermen live or where they dock their boats. Map 1 

 illustrates the addresses of fishermen when they obtained their 

 commercial fishing license. Currituck, Gates, Camden, Pasquotank, 

 Perquimans, Chowan, Washington, and Tyrrell Counties are shown with 

 a listing of 648 boats. Approximately 99 of them were found to 

 be over twenty feet in length and of these, 12 were over 30 feet 

 in length. Thus, 85 percent of the commercial fishing boats 

 licensed within these eight counties are smaller than 20 feet in 

 length. It is assumed that these are used for fishing within 

 the Albemarle Sound area for herring, shad, catfish, striped bass 

 and other miscellaneous food fish. 



There are eight locations where these fish are landed. At 

 these locations there are approximately 17 seafood dealers. 

 (See Map 2) Edenton in Chowan County is the major fish landing 



