REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



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Year 1887. 

 The fishing season this year was from July 1st to the last of October, 

 from Montauk to Cape Henlopen. The catch was very small, Capt. 

 Church reports no large bodies of them on the coast and but few days 

 of good fishing. No fish east of Block Island, none worth mentioning 

 in Rhode Island waters. The catch this season : 



Steamer Joseph Church with 2 gangs 



A. M. Hathaway 



George Curtis 



Cora P. White 



Seven "Brothers 



Fanny Sprague 



George W. Humphrey 



Received from other boats . 



Seacounet 



Fearless 



John A. Morgan 



Schooner Peuekese 



Total 175,667 Barrels. 



Year 1888. 

 Fishing Season from June 12th to November 12th. 

 The very poor fishing the season before led the fishermen to expect 

 little this season, and they proposed to begin late if at all ; but the 

 presence of the fish in large numbers induced them to begin early, and 

 they found them abundant throughout the season from Block Island to 

 the coast of Maine and quite plenty as far south as Delaware. The 

 catch this season : 



Steamer Joseph Church with 



A. M. Hathaway " 



' ' George Curtis " 



Cora P. White " 



" Seven Brothers T " 



' ' Fanny Sprague " 



61,906 Barrels. 



42,282 



23,753 



38,906 



19,963 



30,326 



