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COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



worthy fact supported by considerable evidence that beginning in the 

 upper part of the Bay with the gradual extension of the oyster beds, 

 the fishing has correspondingly diminished. 



Hand-lining within the Bay was also poor. Off Newport the hand- 

 liners were handicapped by unusually stormy weather, but when the 

 weather permitted, the catches were good. Off-shore trappers 

 reported that the fishing was below the average except for scup, which 

 were more abundant than for a number of years. 



The following tables of the shipment of sea products from Newport 

 are submitted as heretofore, and while they show a gain in the amount 

 of fish shipped, this is due almost entirely to the large run of scup. 



Table I. 



Table Shoiving the Amount of Fish, Lobsters, and Other Sea Products Shipped 



Monthly from Newport by the Principal Transportation Companies During 



the Year 1912. 



