REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



mission, pending the result of this experiment, to protect Mill 

 Brook against all fishing. If this experiment is successful, other 

 waters of the State may be similarly stocked. 



The Commission again reports that certain sea fishes have been 

 very abundant in Narragansett Bay and its tributaries. 



COD. 



The cod has been even more plentiful than in 1896, and has 

 often been sold to the consumer for from two to five cents per 

 pound. 



MACKEREL. 



Small mackerel have been quite jjlentiful in the upper waters 

 of the bay, having been caught as far up the river as Crescent 

 Park, something heretofore unknown to the oldest fisherman. 



TAUTOG. 



The early fishing was very good, fish weighing from ten to fif- 

 teen pounds being frequently caught. 



SCUP. 



Large quantities of scup have been caught in the traps in the 

 lower part of the bay, though but few have been taken in the 

 upper waters. 



SQUITEAGUE. 



The waters of the bay from Field's Point to Newport have 

 abounded with these fish, sj)ecimens varying in weight from one 

 to twelve pounds, rod and line fishermen have been afforded rare 

 sport. 



We are glad to note a growing interest in the fisheries, an inter- 

 est that is becoming general all over the world. The progress that 

 has been made in all other departments of industry has not been 



