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U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Published 1958. Wraps, iv + 10 pp. (paginated 491-500); 26 cm; illustrated with a map and statistical tables. In Good Plus condition. Pale grey-green paper covers with black lettering, with mild shelf wear including light bumping and creasing to cover edges. Faint previous owner's name-and-address stamp at top of front cover. Light edge toning to back cover. Staple binding sound. Interior pages with light toning, otherwise unmarked. Fishery Bulletin 143, issued as an extract from the Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service, Volume 58 (pages 491-500). A shad-tagging study by Paul R. Nichols (Bureau of Commercial Fisheries) examining the impact of New Jersey-New York pound-net catches on Hudson and Connecticut River shad populations. [From abstract] A shad-tagging study conducted off the New Jersey-New York coasts during the spring of 1956 indicated that the New Jersey-New York ocean pound-net shad catch was composed of 76 percent Hudson River shad and 13 percent Connecticut River shad. Since the majority of shad caught off the coasts of New Jersey and New York are native to the Hudson and Connecticut Rivers, large ocean catches in any one year could affect the size of runs available to these rivers. The New Jersey-New York coastal shad catch has no effect on the deviations that occur between calculated and predicted size of Hudson and Connecticut River shad runs. It was found that the New Jersey-New York pound-net shad catch is dependent on the size of the Hudson River shad population. Contents include: Introduction; Life history; New Jersey-New York ocean pound-net shad fishery; Tagging study, 1956; The ocean pound-net fishery and shad runs in the Hudson and Connecticut Rivers; Summary and conclusions; Literature cited.