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KEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing, by counties, the products of the fisheries of Rhode Island in 1898. 



Species. 



Newport. 



Bristol. 



Providence. 



Kent. 



Washington. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. Value, 



Alewives, fresh 



Alewives, salted . . . 



342,000 83,767 



30,000 

 500 



$430 

 20 



17,000 



$295 



1,000 



$25 



238,132, $2,104 

 73, 600 920 



Alewives, smoked. . 



1 











136,390 '> "71 "> 



Blue-fish 



261,400 12,733 

 124,450 2,615 











25,500 



840 



43, 390 



1 948 



Bonito 













Bullheads 















300 24 



Butter-fish 



165, 000 4, 520 



6,500 



248 











35, 500 847 



Cod, fresh 



1,056,486 22,432 



233,876 9,644 



3, 300 100 



42,000 1,806 













55,325 1,124 

 81, 225 3, 510 



Cod, salted 















Cunners 















Eels 



50,066 



1,992 



i78, 26i 



10, 272 



43,632 

 59,554 



2,040 

 1,037 



i29,575 3,920 



353,453 7,081 

 29, 725 504 



Flounders and flat- 

 fish 



1,232,050 18,258 

 336, 800 7, 869 



65,000 



1,200 





Haddock 









Herring 



2, 000 10 



6, 000 180 



570 58 



251,800 11-974 















Hickory shad 



King-fish 













7,666 



1,400 



108, 100 



148 





i 









70 



Mackerel 













3,080 



Menhaden 



3, 100, 000 



7,350 







28,000 

 3,600 



220 

 340 



12, 000 

 128 



21 

 16 



Minnows 













Perch 











48,475 

 200 



1,920 



Pickerel . 

















20 



Pollock 



50, 000 



4,802,800 



379, 100 



3,124 



500 

 52, 078 

 10,384 



195 















Scup . 



1,500 



40 











i, 685, 925 



61,850 



9,140 



4,100 



23, 478 



Sea bass 











1,551 



Shad 



12,800 



SOOl 48 



6 







624 



Smelt 











215 



Spanish mackerel.. 



Squeteague 



Squid 



700 



2, 148, 575 



64,000 



36, 900 



55, 875 



161,300 



104 

 44, 111 



575 

 2,427 

 2,935 

















i59, 900 3, 64i i, 300 



62 



41,875 



1,592 



773,985 14,570 

 60,000 800 



Striped bass 



Sword-fish 











65,050 8.084 

















Tautog 



4,032 



17, 600 680 



1,000 



50 



13, 875 



467 



54,354 



1.985 



Tomcod 







8,0001 '240 



Miscellaneous fish . 



221,050 

 748, 000 



5,003 

 958 















24,7001 519 



Refuse fish 















264,000 



264 



Shrimp 







2,010 



670 



240' 80 







461,033 



33, 991 



2,500 



188 







114, 533 

 7,875 

 5,020 



9,111 



Crabs, hard 











575 



Crabs soft 



















1,675 



Crabs, fiddler 











53 



78, 000 



48, 800 



750 



3,600 



969,500 



19,600 



3, 000, 000 



40 



11,825 



6,075 



50 



300 



151, 775 



715 



1,600 



75 



15, 490 



114, 480 



3,300 



110, 136 



164, 500 



3,500 



402,000 



38 









25, 750 

 32, 120 

 10,000 



2,605 



4,495 



350 



24, 760 



52,240 



1,500 



1,650 



1,932,336 



86, 450 



4,236,000 



3,095 



6,625 



30 



247 



310, 686 



4,315 



2,143 



1,836 



14,260 



264 



9,924 



33,300 



200 



219 



6,150 

 2,056 



1,208 



Quahogs 



361 



Mussels 





Scallops 







Ovsters market 







25, 760' 4, 387 



Oysters seed 









Ovster shells 







36, 666 6 



Squeteague sounds. 







2, 100 630 





















Total 



16,358,059 268,059 



6, 681, 302 



336, 380 



4,351,462 



184,295 



1,011,185 



66, 159 



4,452,388100,165 



THE VESSEL AND SHORE FISHERIES. 



The number of vessels fishing was 69, valued at $121,600; their net 

 tonnage being 894 tons and the value of their outfits $43,441. The 

 number engaged in transporting, comprised almost wholly of sail 

 vessels, was 24, valued at $46,250, their net tonnage being 660 tons 

 and the value of their outfits $3,156. 



The vessels included 20 steamers, 14 of which were engaged in the 

 oyster and 6 in the trap-net fisheries. A number of vessels employed 

 in the fisheries of this State during a part of the year have been cred- 

 ited to other States where they were owned and used in the fisheries. 

 The products of the vessel fisheries aggregated 18,385,634 pounds, 

 valued at $536,037, the more important species being oysters, scup, 

 cod, squeteague, flat-fish and flounders, mackerel, menhaden, haddock, 





