CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Personnel of the Inland Fisheries Board iv 



•General Report for 1911 1 



Financial Statement 4 



Chapter I. Stocking of Fresh- Water Ponds and Streams 6 



General Considerations 6 



Need of a Fresh- Water Hatchery 6 



Trout and Black Bass, 1911 7 



Landlocked Salmon 8 



Introduction into Rhode Island Waters 8 



Outline of Natural History 10 



Chapter II. Collection of Data and Statistics Relating to the Commercial 



Fisheries 12 



General Condition of the Fisheries 12 



Tables of Shipment of Sea Products from Newport 13, 14 



Lobster Industry 15 



Comparative Table of Number of Pounds and Number of Pots, 



1904-1911 15 



Classified Table of Number of Pounds of Lobsters, 1904-1911 16 



Number of Boats, Pots and Men Engaged in Rhode Island, 1911 . . 17 

 Chart showing the Extension of State Lines in Watch Hill 

 District. 



List of Lobster Licenses Granted 18 



Beam Trawling 27 



Salt Water Line-Fishing 27 



Fish Traps Set in Rhode Island, 1911 28 



Table of Number and General Distribution since 1908 29 



List of Traps and Owners, 1911 30 



Block Island Traps 30 



Watch Hill Traps 30 



Off-Shore Traps 30 



