TABLE 1 (continued) 



POPULATION OF CITIES AMD TOWS, 

 NAERAGANSSTT BAY AP-EA 



City or Town Population 



Jamestoxm, R.Ie 2^068 



Little Compton, R,I. 1,556 



Berkley, Kass 1,261; 



111* INDUSTRY 



Most of the major industrial areas of Rhode Island and the in- 

 dustrial city of Fall River, Massachusetts, are located in the 

 Narragansett Bay area. The employed labor force nuitibers approxi- 

 mately 196,200, of whom 63 percent are engaged in manufacturing, in 

 contrast with the United States average of 25 percent. The economy 

 of the area is centered around three major industries, textiles, 

 metal trades and jewelry, constituting 60 percent of the manufac- 

 turing employment and 51 percent of the total employment of the 

 area. Providence and Fall River are the chief manufactiiring cities. 

 Providence alone accounts for kl percent of the metal trades and 91 

 percent of the jewelry-silveirware industry. Fall ftiver accounts for 

 50 percent of the textile and apparel industry of the area, 



15. FISI^ERIES 



Fishin? is one of Rhode Island's oldest industries, dating back 

 to early colonial times. Today, the value of the annual cominercial 

 catch of firXish ?nd shellfish is about ^5,000,000; this amount may 

 vary somewhat from year to year. In 1955, more than .IJU, 600,000 

 worth of finfish and shellfish were landed at Tthode Island ports, an 

 increase of 11 percent over 155U» The commercial finfish include 

 both foodfish and "trash" fish, the latter used to produce animal 

 feeds, glue fertilizer and other products. Flounder, herring, 

 butterfish and scup are the principal varieties of comnercial food-» 

 fish. The hard clam (quahog) fishery is of considerable importance, 

 its value amounting to about $2,000,000 annually. Other shellfish 

 species of somewhat less commercial importance are bay scallops, 

 soft clams, oysters and lobsters. The estimated annual expenditure 

 for marine sport fishing is more than .i;;3 , 000, 000 . The principal 

 sport fish species are striped bass, bluefish and tautog. 



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