CONTENTS. 



Page 



'General -Report for 1910 1 



Programme of Work 3 



Financial Statement 4 



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



General Considerations 6 



Table of Number of Fish Distributed since 1870. 6 



The Black Basses 8 



Small Mouthed Black Bass 9 



Introduction into Rhode Island Waters 9 



Outline of Natural History 10 



Large Mouthed Black Bass 11 



Introduction into Rhode Island Waters 11 



Outline of Natural History 12 



■ Brook Trout.— W. H. Boardman 12 



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



Fisheries 17 



General Considerations 17 



General Condition of the Fisheries 17 



Tables of Shipment of Sea Products from Newport 19 



Lobster Industry 21 



Comparative Table of Number of Pounds and Number of Pots 



1904-1910 22 



Number of boats, pots and men engaged in Rhode Island 1910.. . 23 



Classified Table of Number of Pounds of Lobsters 1904-1910 24 



List of Lobster Licenses granted ■ . • - 24 



Fyke Net Fisheries 35 



Beam Trawling 36 



Salt Water Line Fishing 37 



Fish Traps set in Rhode Island, 1910 37 



Table of Number and General Distribution since 1908 38 



List of Traps and Owners, 1910 39 



Off Shore Traps 39 



Block Island Traps 41 



