Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
1963
Journal
Fishery Bulletin
Volume
63
Issue
1
First Page
179
Last Page
187
Abstract
A study of the American shad fishery of the York River Va. during 1959 showed an estimated total catch of 463,000 pounds, a fishing rate of 55.2 percent, and a total population of 839,000 pounds. Additional estimates of catch and effort were used to calculate fishing rate and population size for each year 1953 through 1958. Analyses of scales showed that most shad spawn at 3, 4, and 5 years of age and approximately, 23 percent of the fish caught during the 1957-59 seasons had spawned the previous year. The number of ova produced by. York River shad ranged from 169,000 to 436,000 per fish.
Publication Statement
Contribution (Virginia Institute of Marine Science) no. 130
Recommended Citation
Nichols, Paul R. and Massman, William H., Abundance, age, and fecundity of shad, York River, VA, 1953-1959 (1963). Fishery Bulletin, 63(1), 179-187.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/1764
