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REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



total catch of fishes was mentioned in the introduction, and has been 

 remarked upon in previous reports. There are so many and so 

 various channels through which fishes reach the market or the pri- 

 vate consumer that it is practically impossible to keep track of them 

 all. This difficulty is not peculiar to Rhode Island, but applies to 

 the fishing industry generally. Nevertheless, a fair indication of the 

 relative status of the fisheries is to be had by comparing the statistics 

 taken year after year from the same sources. With this word of 

 explanation, the following tables of the catch of fishes and lobsters, 

 based upon the records of dealers and transportation lines, are, as 

 heretofore, submitted : 



Table Showing the Amount of Fish, Lobsters, and Other Sea Product Shipped 

 Monthly from Newport by the Principal Transportation Companies During 

 the Year 1906. 



