314 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES, 
52. Table showing by apparatus and species the yield of the vessel fisheries of Rhode Island 
in 1887 and 1888. 
Apparatus and species. 
1887. 
1888. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Hand lines and trawl lines : 
Bluefish 
Cod 
12, 150 
133, 894 
66, 878 
80, 950 
4, 464 
43, 063 
324, 200 
$709 
4, 329 
3, 054 
2, 313 
147 
42, 200 
180, 250 
38, 580 
80, 460 
4,704 
29, 300 
167, 800 
3, 950 
$1, 962 
5,408 
1,359 
2, 462 
118 
2, 637 
13, 424 
158 
3, 545 
17, 981 
Tautog 
Total 
665, 599 
32, 078 
547, 244 
27, 528 
Seines : 
Mackerel 
4, 000 
78, 269, 800 
4, 361 
360 
Menhaden _ 
34, 035, 000 
7, 045 
85, 088 
141 
195, 277 
97 
Miscellaneous fish 
Total 
34, 042, 045 
85, 229 
78, 278, 161 
195, 734 
Gill nets : 
Bluefish _ 
650 
30 
Mackerel 
4, 000 
1, 700 
360 
Scup 
2, 833 
85 
50 
Total 
2, 833 
85 
6, 350 
440 
Harpoons : 
Swordfish 
101, 452 
4,430 
217, 063 
9,718 
Pots : 
Eels 
4, 100 
38, 500 
246 
Lobsters 
20, 039 
1, 128 
2, 047 
Total 
20, 039 
1,128 
42, 600 
2, 293 
Dredges and rakes : 
Oysters 
239, 710 
33, 720 
11, 284 
45, 887 
2, 949 
2, 337 
281, 288 
24, 238 
4, 942 
53, 645 
2, 575 
1,130 
Quohaugs 
Scallops . 
Total 
284, 714 
51, 173 
310, 468 
57, 350 
Grand total 
35, 116, 682 
174, 123 
79, 401, 886 
293, 063 
53. Table showing by fisheries and species the yield of vessel fisheries of Rhode Island in 
1888. 
Fisheries and species. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Fisheries and species. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Shore : 
Bluefish 
Cod 
Cod, salted 
Eels 
42, 850 
180, 250 
38, 580 
4, 100 
80, 460 
4, 704 
1, 700 
3, 950 
$1, 992 
5, 408 
1, 359 
246 
2, 462 
118 
50 
158 
Mackerel : 
Mackerel 
Mackerel, salted 
Miscellaneous fish 
Total 
Mollusk : 
Ojsters 
Qnobjuigs 
37, 300 
167, 800 
4, 361 
$3, 357 
13, 424 
97 
Haddock 
TTaddnr.k an.l f.p.H 
209, 461 
16, 878 
Scup 
Tautog 
Total 
Swordfish 
Menhaden 
281,288 
24, 238 
4, 942 
53, 645 
2,575 
1,130 
356, 594 
11, 793 
Scallops 
Total 
Grand total 
217, 063 
78, 269, 800 
38, 500 
9,718 
195, 277 
2, 047 
310, 468 
57, 350 
Lobster 
79, 401, 886 
293, 063 
