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Table of products — Continued, 



Species. 



Vessel fisheries. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Shore fisheries. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Total. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Eels 



Flat-fish and flounders. 



Haddock 



Hickory shad 



King-fish 



Mackerel 



Menhaden 



Minnows 



Perch 



Pollock 



Scup 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Smelt 



Spanish mackerel 



Squeteague 



Squid 



Striped bass 



Sword-fish 



Tautog 



Tomcod 



Whiting 



Miscellaneous fish 



Shrimp 



Lobsters 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, soft 



Clams 



Quahogs 



Scollaps 



Oysters, market 



Oysters, seed 



27, 200 



374, 100 



428, 295 



900 



2,030 



265, 490 



30, 000 



, 372, 250 

 99,120 

 2,600 



220 



635, 640 



24, 700 



30, 510 



126, 900 



33,400 



39, 500 

 26, 500 



17,010 



1,600 



1,440 



4,140 



,141,131 



116, 200 



SI, 360 



9,251 



12, 034 



27 



168 



16, 077 



176 



114, 572 

 6,560 



182 



32 



15, 597 



585 



2,557 



6,743 



1,211 



395 

 262 



1,745 



200 

 220 



758 



486, 263 



7, -682 



424, 540 



760, 770 



77, 900 



33, 860 



1,100 



350, 110 



441, 000 



2,000 



40, 400 



30, 000 



1,461,040 



1 IS, 100 



28, 186 



10, 600 



190 



2, 522, 475 



69, 150 



19, 577 



244, 750 



2,400 



65, 000 



141,600 



1,200 



380, 295 



6, 400 



9,386 



263, 300 



215, 800 



115, 512 



474, 222 



524, 650 



$20, 930 



18,588 



2,231 



673 



196 



16, 873 



980 



120 



2,395 



300 



46, 282 



7, 458 



2,283 



942 



32 



60, 256 



1,946 



2,360 



8,068 



90 



924 



150 



240 



37, 743 



400 



1,760 



32, 314 



35, 236 



24, 450 



75, 028 



19, 079 



Total 11,252,986 698,211 



10, 360, 978 



457, 490 



451, 740 



1, 134, 870 



506, 195 



34, 760 



3, 430 



615, 600 



471,000 



2,000 



40, 400 



30, 000 



6, 833, 290 



247, 220 



30, 786 



10, 600 



410 



3, 158, 115 



93,850 



50, 087 



126, 900 



278, 150 



2,400 



104, 500 



168, 100 



1,200 



397,305 



6,400 



9,386 



a 264, 900 



6 217,240 



119, 652 



d 3, 615, 353 



e 640, 850 



$22, 290 



27,839 



14,265 



700 



364 



32, 950 



1,156 



120 



2,395 



300 



160, 854 



13,018 



2,465 



942 



64 



75, 853 



2,631 



4,917 



6,743 



9,279 



90 



1,319 



412 



240 



39, 488 



400 



1,760 



32,514 



36,456 



26, 208 



661, 291 



26, 761 



21,613,964 



1, 155, 701 



a 26,490 bushels. 6 27,155 bushels. c 19,942 bushels. d 616,479 bushels. e 91,660 bushels. 



THE FISHERIES BY COUNTIES. 



All five of the counties of Rhode Island are interested in the coast 

 fisheries. 



Newport County has the most extensive fisheries, the number of 

 pefrsons employed being- 862, the investment $583,421, and the pro- 

 ducts 13,778,347 pounds, valued at $387,934. Providence County, 

 which is next in importance, had 447 persons employed, $209,504 

 invested, and a yield of 2,911,028 pounds, valued at $377,673. The 

 fishery products of this county consisted chiefly of oysters. 



Following are three tables giving the extent of the fisheries of the 

 state for the year 1902, by counties: 



Table showing by counties the number of persons employed in the fisheries of Rhode Island 



' in 1902. 



