COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 27 



License 

 No. Name. Location. 



384. George H. Sweet Narragansett Pier. 



385. Howard D. Browning Wakefield. 



386. Leon M. Champlin Narragansett Pier. 



387. Herbert A. Nicholas Warren. 



388. Christian T. Luth Newport. 



389. James Collins 



390. Martin Hord 



391. Alfred J. Grows 



392. Anton Popper 



393. Clarence McClure 



394. William Alvin Bliven 



395. Percy R. Beals Bristol. 



396. E. Wilfred Matterson Saunderstown. 



397. Frank A. Domingo* Newport. 



398. G. B. Mitchell Jamestown. 



399. J. C. W. Porter Narragansett Pier. 



400. Frank E. Trask Warren. 



♦License Revoked. 



BEAM TRAWLING. 



Beam trawling was not carried on very extensively in Narragansett 

 Bay in 1911. Fish were not so plentiful and about the only ground 

 dragged over to any extent by the beam trawls was that portion of 

 the East Passage, near Gould Island. It would seem as though beam 

 trawling was gradually regulating itself as far as the bay is concerned. 

 Some of this falling off is due to the extension of the oyster industry. 

 In other localities the scarcity of the fish and the engagement of the 

 fishermen in more profitable branches of the fishing industry have 

 very much diminished the amount of trawling. The auto trawling 

 outside of the bay was not particularly remunerative except in certain 

 limited areas. 



SALT WATER LINE-FISHING. 



Line-fishing within Narragansett Bay was very successful this 

 past year. The tautog, or black fish, around Newport, while not 



