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Kent County has smaller fishery interests than any of the others, 

 the most valuable products being oysters, quahogs, and scallops, in 

 the order named. Practically the entire catch of scallops is credited 

 to this county. The catch of Bristol and Providence counties, like that 

 of Kent County, consists chiefly of shellfish. 



Washington County ranks second in the yield of products, exclusive 

 of the molluscan fisheries. In this county 76 pound nets, valued at 

 $25,120, are used. Quite a number of these are set in the salt-water 

 ponds that fringe the coast between Point Judith and Watch Hill. 

 Some of them are of comparatively small value and are used for catch- 

 ing eels and other fish that enter these ponds from the sea. "^ 



.Table showing the number of persons employed in the fisheries of Rhode Island in 1898. 



Counties. 



On vessels 

 fishing. 



On vessels 

 transport- 

 ing. 



Boat or 

 shore fish- 

 ermen. 



Shores- 

 men. 



Total. 



Newport 



275 

 22 

 52 

 14 



2 



21 

 13 



4 



9 



32 



350 

 131 



86 

 111 



218 



213 



36 



96 



1 



1 



859 



Bristol 



202 



Providence 



238 



Kent 



135 



Washington 



253 







Total 



365 



79 



896 



347 



1,687 







Table showing, by counties, the vessels, boats, apparatus, and capital employed in the fisheries 



of Rhode Island in 1898. 



Items. 



Newport. 



Bristol. Providence. 



Kent. 



Washington. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



Vessels fishing 



45 

 544 



$61,800 



"33," 287' 

 8,750 



""i,"656" 

 31,010 



41,900 

 4,000 

 . 20 

 1,134 

 1,999 



4 



73 



...„ 



174 



"122' 



$18,200 



""i,'949" 

 16,000 



'""672* 

 14,385 



13 

 210 



"'2" 

 62 



""74" 



$36, 350 



"7," 635' 

 7,000 



""""i96' 

 3,910 



6 



60 

 ..... 



171- 



"i22' 



$4,450 



""""576' 

 10,000 



"""125' 

 13, 721 



1 

 7 



$800 



Tonnage 





Outfit 





Vessels transporting 



8 

 81 



7 

 72 



"'mi' 



4,500 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



619 



Boats 



346 



27 

 7 

 4 



9 355 



Apparatus— vessel fisheries: 

 Pound nets and trap nets. . . 





Purse seines 



















Snap nets 



















Lines, hand and trawl . . 

















1 



Pots, lobster 



1,600 















20 



40 



Pots, eel 







100 



50 



97 



49 





Harpoons 





109 











Dredges, tongs, diggers, 

 hges, etc 







230 

 1,175 





939 



5 



4 



10 



140 



292 



550 



250 



510 



1,072 



1 







Apparatus — shore fisheries: 

 Pound nets and trap nets . . . 



84 



41,650 



10 



76 

 27 

 66 

 69 



'i,*725" 



1,106 



6 



25, 120 



Seines 



11 



538 



2, 455 



Gill nets 



57 

 117 



3, 725 

 602 

 587 



8,374 



351 



8 



1 

 3 



"ioo" 



237 



1 



20 



40 



15 



100 



119 



2 



2, 830 



Fyke nets 







748 



Lines, hand and trawl 





19 



253 



Pots, lobsters 



6,867 

 333 



8 



2,203 



Pots, eel 



792 

 10 



396 

 22 

 27 



963 

 48, 700 

 15, 500 



474 

 4 



237 

 6 

 7 



2,241 

 4,535 



785 



Spears, eel 



8 



Minor apparatus 



9 



r)redges, tongs, diggers, 

 hoes, etc 





261 



356, 660 



65, 000 





1,396 

 16, 475 





227 



Shore and accessory property. 

 Ca'ih capital 





12, 779 





















Total 





662, 877 





70, 778 





122, 239 





38, 616 





62, 632 







F. C, 1900—24 



