REPORT 



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

 Providence Plantations, at its January Session, 1915: 



The Commissioners of Inland Fisheries herewith, present their 

 forty-fifth annual report, for the year 1914, which contains, as re- 

 quired by law, data and statistics with respect to the fisheries under 

 their jurisdiction and such recommendations as they deem expedient. 



Fisheries. 



During the past year the fisheries in general have been in as 

 prosperous condition as could be expected considering the great 

 demands which an extensive fishing industry have placed upon them 

 during the last quarter of a century. An account of the deep-sea 

 fishing off Newport is one of the special topics taken up in the report 

 and tables are also given of the shipments of fish and lobsters. 



Fresh-Water Ponds and Streams. 



In connection with the care of the fresh-water ponds and streams 

 of the state, your Commissioners have, during the past year, begun 

 the introduction, into the waters of the state, of several species of 

 food and game fish, new to our waters, but which, judging from the 

 experiments which have been made by the Commissioners of other 

 states, would seem well adapted to conditions within this state. 

 Among those introduced are the Montana grayling, the Pennsylvania 

 bluegill and the Von Behr or brown trout. Detailed information 

 regarding these fish will be given in the body of the report. 



