342 Fisumye mv Anertcan WATERS. 
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FISHERY. 
By the following estimate, made by Messrs. Monroe & 
Gemeny, of Alexandria—the largest fishery firm in the South 
—I am informed that 25,000,000 herrings are caught in about 
six weeks, and 5,000,000 shad are taken in the mean time, 
being in March and April. These are caught by from 20 to 
25 shad fisheries, giving employment to about 1000 men and 
from 75 to 100 vessels. Of course, those include the fisheries 
along the Chesapeake, in both the states of Maryland and 
Virginia; yet I prefer to submit those samples of individual 
enterprise to the state or national reports, because they tell 
what may be done by showing what is being done by indi- 
vidual industry, instead of trying to deduce from the aggre- 
gate estimates in elaborate national or state reports what 
«proportion of the income of all the states is derived from 
their fisheries; whereas these are confined to a small portion 
of our borders, and comparatively few men and small means 
are employed in them. 
HADDOCKS. 
The sale of “‘ finnan haddies” per diem for six months of the year in 
New York averages 1000 Ibs., at 10 cents..... ...8100 00 
Poston, O00 Ws joven dinsssrenmorscavereevteenuvisiaas we. 200 00 
Bortland: 1500: bssanaceawoasmessensecucdasaaccsseemsesseweages ee nacasenssatiies 150 00 
$450 00 
Thus amounting in six months for those three cities to............ $81,900 00 
It is stated by competent authority that 3000 Ibs. of “jin- 
nan haddies” per day for six months in the year are cured in 
Portland, Maine, and that more than half of them are sold in 
the Dominion of Canada, It is becoming so large an indus- 
try in the United States that a brief account ofits origin may 
prove interesting. 
FINDON HADDOCKS. 
> was first cured at 
Findon, near Aberdeen, in Scotland. I can not learn when 
The luxury known as “ finnan haddies’ 
