REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 81 



V. A Continuance of the Survey of the Shores of the Bay, 

 FOR the Purpose of Determining those Portions Which 

 are Most Productive of Seed Clams, and Most Suitable 

 FOR THE Planting of Clams and for the Distribution 

 OF Lobster Fry. 



The systematic survey of the shore was continued this past year 

 and the charts and the specimens taken were placed on file, in 

 accordance with the plan outlined in previous reports. Dredgings 

 and collecting were systematically carried on at the following places 

 this past summer: 



Academy Cove, Wickford; Bissel's Cove; Cold Spring Beach; 

 Duck Cove; Little Tree Point; Plum Beach to Narragansett Pier; 

 Poplar Point. 



Many isolated spots throughout the Bay were also dredged. The 

 remarkable abundance of clams mentioned in the last report was still 

 observed in 1906. This abundance, which was general over the whole 

 clam territory, came almost entirely from the set of 1904, as the 1905 

 set was not large. An idea of the amount of clams in certain areas 

 may be gained from the following: A stretch of shore on the south 

 side of Cornelius Island, not larger than seven acres at extreme low 

 tide, has had, as in other years, an especially large supply of clams. 

 Since May, 1905, this area has been dug over every day by at least 

 four or five diggers, and often there has been as many as ten or twelve. 

 Notwithstanding the fact that the clams were small and required 

 more than the ordinary number for a bushel, these diggers in 1906 

 averaged two bushels per man at each tide, and some very frequently 

 took away more than a barrel. During the season from May to 

 October, 1906, over 3,500 bushels were taken from the bed, and there 

 is still a good supply left. 



What has been said in regard to the clam supply on Cornelius 

 Island is true of a number of other places. In fact, the abundance of 



