REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 15 



Lobsters Shipped From Newport to the Following Places, 1903: 



Taunton, Mass., Brockton, Mass., Rome, N. Y., 



Boston, Mass., Bristol, R. I., Buffalo, N. Y., 



Fall .River, Mass., Warren, R. I., New York, N. Y., 



Tiverton, R. I., South Framingham, Mass., Oleans, N. Y., 



West Baden, Intl., Atlantic City, N. J., Syracuse, N. Y. 

 Lynn, Mass., 



The number of boats engaged in the lobster fishery during the 

 season of 1903 was: sailboats and launches, 61; rowboats, 32. 



Fifty boats from the city of Newport caught during the year 

 188,000 pounds of lobsters, the equivalent of about 1,000 barrels. 



Of the Bay fishing, with hook and line, there are conflicting opin- 

 ions, corresponding, no doubt, with individual experiences. On 

 the whole, the sport seems to have been quite as good as in past 

 years. 



One notable feature of the Bay fisheries has been the appearance 

 and capture of unusually large numbers of the large "horse-mack- 

 erel." Hickory shad have also been reported abundant. 



Alewives. 



Owing to exceptionally low prices only about 200 barrels of ale- 

 wives were packed for shipment from Point Judith Pond. About 

 200,000 fish were sold fresh for bait, and 100,000 salted or smoked 

 for local market. 



