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and scallops, valued at $124,280. Pound nets used in both the vessel 

 and shore fisheries vielded 13,759,923 pounds, valued at 81,051,315, 

 of which 8,261,140 "pounds, valued at $799,846, were scup. Other 

 important species taken in pound nets were: Butterfish, 625,095 

 pounds, valued at $32,493; mackerel, 321,343 pounds, valued at 

 $30,139; squeteague, 311,260 pounds, valued at $29,574; and 

 flounders, 911,965 pounds, valued at $27,574. The catch with pots 

 amounted to 1,790.182 pounds, valued at $370,399. Lobsters were 

 the principal species taken in pots, amounting to 1,694,327 pounds, 

 valued at $360,679. Purse seines yielded 21,959,000 pounds, valued 

 at $308,150, of which 21,536,000 pounds were menhaden, valued at 

 $268,700, and 423,200 pounds were mackerel, valued at $39,450. 



Other important forms of apparatus emploved in both the vessel 

 and shore fisheries, arranged in the order of tteir importance, based 

 on the value of their catch, were: Lines, with 1,389,986 pounds, 

 mostly cod, bonito, and eels, valued at $75,724; gill nets, with 

 759,980 pounds of mackerel, valued at $70,632; otter trawls, with 

 1,481,340 pounds, valued at $50,389, consisting principally of floun- 

 ders; and harpoons, ^^^th 101,010 pounds of swordfish, valued at 

 $19,757. 



The catch of winkles with pots amounted to 10,500 pounds, valued 

 at $2,100. These are caught in ^^'inkle pots and are used for bait for 

 cod. The pots are similar to tlie ordinary lobster pots, with the 

 entrance at the top instead of at the end. The bait employed in the 

 pots is of about the same character as that used in lobster pots. 



The following tables give the products of the vessel and shore 

 fisheries of Rhode Island in 1919, by counties, apparatus, and species: 



Yield of Vessel Fisheries of Rhode Island in 1919, by Counties, Apparatus, 



AND Species. 



