Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-06-27
FISHERIES.

iShSi les on the AtlantlC coast are
within a radius of TWEEN .y-hve
miles OF Edenton. The catch
tor the season just closed i:
estimated as follows: Shad
100000; herring, 5000 900 -
which is about one third les
than the "catch'ot herrings 70,
1900. The "catch' of herrings
tor that year was 5 per cen
'bove the average. The high
price paid for fish by dealers
more than compensated tor the
small catch and fisherman
made good money and are well
satisfied.
The fisheries of DR.. w. r
1apehart AMI J G. and F. Wood
are The largest in the United
states. Their seines are about
200 yards long, the entire
length with rope added being
three miles in circumference
These seTnes are set by steamers
and hauled in by stationary
engines Oh the shore They
tVcrage five hauls in every
twenty-tour hours.
WE'LL EQUIPPED FISH HATCHERY.
Just half a mile from the
town limits across Pembroke
creek and IN full view from the
water frontage Of the town is
one of the finest. best built and
most modern equipped hsk>
Matching plants i'll the United
States. This plant was built
by the United States govern
nent two years ago, and is un
Ter the able management of
Ir. Stephen G. Worth. There
are fifteen acre5s of land be-
onglng to this fsh-hatching
IS :abllshnent, which was ced~
I'd to the United States govern
nent by the State of North
Carolina for the consideration
of 81, 900. The Matching build
ng is 28x7o feet and cost oveI
g 900, this does not include the
latching jars equip nent aid
'ther accessories amounting to an
additional cost Of $2,ooo. Up.
O this date $4,000 has been
appropriated by the General
Government for the establlsh>
nent of this hatchery. This
un does not enter into the
unnins expenses of the station
which amounts about S. 900
more per year. A steamer, a
Roanoke Is and canoe, an a,co~
'apor launch and eight Sus-
Iuehs ma river bateaus cons
'rise the egg collecting outfit,
long with the minor wood and :
III vessels IN which the fish |
ggs are taken aul conveyed to
he hatchery. About So,ooo,-
100 eggs y re collected this
number probably twice
S great as that Of any previous
eason and the results in Try
Iatched and liberated were
ute satisfactory. The above
ollection of eggs represent a
ct gain to the fisheries in as
much as without the intervene
Ion of the fish commission,
II OF them would have been
hipped within the parent fish
0 the markets and consequently |
would have perished. The fish |
om mission merely saves and |
to the waters product |
yhich would otherwise be lost
Me primal object of the station
5 the Matching of shad egg for
ne maintenance Of the com
1erc1al fisheries Of the sounds
nd rivers this commercial |
Industry amounting to more
han one third of a million of
ollars annually. The greater
,ortion Of the acreage belonging
D the fish Matching station is to
e devoted to pond culture for
Or the propagation of black
ass and speckled perch for lu~
and ponds and streams. The
'oint of land upon which the
atchery is built is one of the
1ost picturesque on Edenton
Say and was formerly owned
y Joshua Bodley, Esq, whc /
vas appointed agent by the Earl
{ Granville for the sale of land
n the Carolinas. This lane
fterwards became the property |
f stephen Cabarrus, who mar
led 3odley's daughter, and fo'
Tho Cabarrus county in this
tate was named.-News & Oh |
,rver.