48 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



June 20th the menhaden appeared in large quantities off Newport, 

 but not many came into the bay. 



A three-pound bill fish was caught on July 28th. 



The first catch of squid was on April 20th. 



Two specimens of fish quite rare in Rhode Island waters, were 

 obtained by Commissioner D. B. Fearing, for his collection. One was 

 a sail fish (Istiophorus nigricans), 8 feet in length, and weighing 47 

 pounds. It was caught off Point Judith, August 1, 1910. The other 

 was a cutlass fish {Trichiurus lepturus) 8 feet and 10 inches in length. 

 This latter fish was caught July 4th in Coddington Cove at about 

 the same place that the type specimen, now in the United States 

 National Museum, was caught. 



The catching of a large number of tile fish and albicore off Block 

 Island was also reported. 



The following paper is reprinted from the report for the year 1909 

 for comparison with this season's record. The tables include this 

 year's record: 



NOTES ON THE SPRING AND SUMMER FISHING IN DEEP WATER OFF 

 NEWPORT DURING THE YEARS 1905-1909. 



BY SUPERINTENDENT E. W. BARNES. 



The following data, which have been collected during a period of 

 five years (1905-1909) are published as a bare record of facts which 

 are interesting and valuable in themselves, but with no pretense at 

 drawing general conclusions. As far as it has been possible to obtain 

 accurate information, a statement is made for each year of the 

 arrival, abundance, and the close of the abundant season, of several 

 marketable fishes which are caught in the traps off Newport and the 

 Sakonnet river. 



Following this there are calendars giving in tabular form the " run " 

 of scup, mackerel, and squiteague for these years. A table is also 

 given of the first appearance of various fishes. 



