NATIONAL FISHEKY CONGRESS. 
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B . — Comparative statement of the total yield and of the salt-water yield of shad on the Atlantic 
seaboard during 1896. 
Water areas. 
Total yield. 
Yield in salt water. 
Number. 
Value. 
Number. 
Per cent. 
St. Johns River 
456, 281 
$61, 924 
291, 116 
63. 59 
St. Marys River 
10, 193 
1,754 
0. 00 
1,500 
240 
0. 00 
Altamaha River 
29, 377 
10, 096 
0. 00 
Ogeechee River 
55, 425 
19, 514 
12, 054 
21.75 
Savannah River 
54, 406 
19, 236 
7, 480 
13.54 
Combahea River 
3,090 
622 
0.00 
Ashepoo River 
6, 880 
1, 381 
0. 00 
28, 273 
5, 843 
0. 00 
Cooper River 
396 
126 
0. 00 
7, 309 
1, 547 
0. 00 
Winyah Bay and tributaries 
97, 685 
23, 031 
53, 379 
54. 95 
Cape Fear River 
75, 315 
18, 964 
29, 151 
38. 71 
Pamlico Sound 
448, 089 
109, 727 
448, 089 
100. 00 
Neuse River 
207, 052 
39, 067 
82, 238 
39. 72 
Pamlico-Tar River 
67, 082 
13,316 
18, 873 
28. 13 
Croatan and Roanoke Sounds 
169. 541 
33, 201 
169, 541 
100. 00 
Albemarle Sound 
735, 192 
140, 159 
186,290 
25. 34 
Roanoke River 
169, 409 
20, 489 
0. 00 
Chowan River 
183, 545 
34, 422 
0. 00 
Pasquotank and Perquimans rivers. 
41, 579 
7, 898 
0. 00 
Chesapeake Bay 
1, 638, 844 
167, 929 
1, 428, 327 
87.15 
James River and tributaries 
495, 762 
51, 247 
100, 379 
20.25 
York River and tributaries 
546, 548 
50, 361 
182, 375 
33. 69 
Mobjack Bay 
140, 777 
13, 874 
140, 777 
100. 00 
Rappahannock River 
417, 789 
35, 371 
194, 067 
46.45 
Potomac River 
684, 013 
63, 608 
210, 480 
30. 76 
Nanticoke River and tributaries 
216, 288 
20, 667 
42, 405 
19. 60 
Choptank River and tributaries 
338,420 
35, 810 
136, 972 
40. 44 
Susquehanna River 
140, 087 
20, 153 
0. 00 
Miscellaneous 
249, 021 
31, 736 
29, 851 
13. 59 
Delaware Bay 
1, 103, 821 
104, 761 
1, 103, 821 
100. 00 
Delaware River 
2, 778, 803 
300, 598 
976, 669 
35.13 
Miscellaneous rivers .... 
134, 838 
21, 147 
0. 00 
Ocean Shore of New Jersey 
16, 240 
3, 518 
13, 765 
84. 75 
New York Bay 
216, 425 
30, 941 
213, 925 
98. 89 
Hudson River 
602, 858 
83, 237 
0. 00 
Great South Bay and Gardner Bay 
4, 755 
1, 092 
4, 755 
100. 00 
Long Island Sound 
9,427 
2,399 
9, 427 
100. 00 
Connecticut River 
51, 690 
9, 508 
0. 00 
Miscellaneous Rivers 
13, 202 
3, 324 
0. 00 
Ocean Shore of Rhode Island 
1,151 
287 
1, 151 
100. 00 
Narragansett Bay and tributaries 
15, 836 
4, 071 
2, 163 
12. 17 
Buzzards Bay and Yineyard Sound 
3, 385 
834 
3, 385 
100. 00 
Cape Cod anti Massachusetts hays 
33, 082 
1, 468 
33, 082 
100. 00 
Casco Bay 
64, 490 
3,580 
64, 490 
100. 00 
Kennebec River and tributaries 
290, 122 
26, 357 
55, 9,87 
19. 30 
Penobscot and other Maine rivers 
12, 126 
941 
6, 000 
49. 48 
Total 
13, 067, 469 
1, 651, 376 
6, 252, 464 
47.85 
Washington, D. C. 
