REPORT. 



To the Honorable General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and 

 Providence Plantations at its January Sessioyi^ 1892 : 



The Commissioners of Inland Fisheries herewith present their annual 

 report for the year 1891. 



Shad. 



The Commissioners of Inland Fisheries received from Col. Mar- 

 shall McDonald, United States Fish Commissioner, two million sixty 

 thousand (2,060,000) shad fry May 4th, 1891. These were deposited 

 in Palmer river, which is the only stream in the State adapted to them, 

 not having insurmountable dams or other obstructions. 



Trout. 



We have purchased forty thousand (40,000) trout eggs, which were 

 hatched and the fry has been placed in various streams of the State. 

 The trout fishing the past season has not been as good as last year, 

 owing in part to excessive fishing last year, and lower state of water. 



The Bay and coast fisheries the past season has in some respects 

 been peculiar ; all along the coast the blue-fish and small mackerel 

 have been abundant, while in the bay, scup, tautog, flat-fish and small 

 mackerel have been present in large numbers. 



