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GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF TEE FISHERIES. 



and other shell-fish. Besides these productions of the waters there were gathered from the shore 

 34,927 cords of sea-drift, valued at $37,604, and 1,540 tons of salt hay, worth $12,320. The Rhode 

 Island State Census for 1865 gives the following figures to show the products of the fisheries for 

 that year: Fish seined for manure and oil, 154,468 barrels, worth $126,035; fish caught for food, 

 2,462,360 pounds, $121,094; clams, 31,697 bushels, quahaugs, 9,241 bushels, scallops, 9,653 

 bushels, oysters, 72,895 bushels, and lobsters 42,900 pounds, having a total value of $118,655; 

 sea-drift, 34,146 cords, $38,083; and salt hay, 2,116 tons, $18,545. The aggregate value of the 

 products of the waters and shores of the State was $422,412. 



STATISTICAL SUMMATION OF RHODE ISLAND FISHEBIES FOR 1880. The following state- 

 ments show the statistics of the Rhode Island fisheries in 1880. The number of persons employed 

 is 2,310, the capital invested is $596.678, and the value of products is $880,915. The menhaden 

 industry employs 608 men, some of whom are also engaged in the capture of food fish; the capital 

 invested is $304,300, and the value of products is $221,748. In the oyster business 650 persons 

 are employed; the capital invested is $110,000, and the value of the products is $356,925. 



Summary statement of persons employed and capital invested. 



a In menhaden factories, $77,000; in other fishery industries, $126,950. 

 Detailed statement of capital invested in vessels, boats, nets, and traps. 



Detailed statement of the quantities and values of the products. 



a The proportion of different species in this quantity is estimated as follows: Alowives, 140,000 pounds; sea bass, 197, 000 pounds; striped 

 bass, 292,000 pounds; blackfish or tautog, 468,000 pounds; bluefih, 738,000 pounds; cod, 652,000 pounds;, eels, 272,500 pounds; flounders 

 and flatfish, 352,400 pounds ; mackerel, 89,000 pounds ; white and yellow perch, 30,000 pounds ; salmon, 400 pounds ; scup or porgy, 6,691, 178 

 pounds; sbad, 48,100 pounds; smelts, 95,000 pounds; squeteagne, 326,000 pounds; swordfish, 90,000 pounds; mixed fish, 356,750 pounds. 



