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fish, such as are used as bait, were also quite abundant. Especially 

 noteworthy was the fact that striped bass and young pollock were 

 caught well up the Bay, a quite unusual thing for recent years. 



Hand-line fishing, both within the Bay and off Newport, was well 

 above the average , especially the tautog fishing off Newport. The 

 first catch of these fish in Rhode Island waters was made in the 

 fyke nets on April 2nd, but there were none caught by hand lines 

 until April 19th. 



In the off-shore traps the general fishing was excellent. This 

 statement is especially true with reference to the scup fishing which 

 was far ahead of any recent year, both in the length of run and the 

 number of fish caught. 



The following tables of the shipment of sea products from Newport 

 are submitted as heretofore. The large gain in the number of fish 

 shipped is due almost entirely to the extraordinary run of scup. 



