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Table shoiving, by counties, the catch hy dredges, tongs, etc. , in Rhode Island in 1S98. 



Species. 



Newport. 



Bristol. 



Providence. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Vessel fisheries: 

 Clams 











5,000 



10,400 



600 



934,500 



3, 000, 000 



8750 



Quahogs 







400 



$50 



1,200 



Scallops 







50 



Oysters, market 







1,491,000 

 2, 370, 000 



241,000 

 1,210 



146, 050 



Oyster shells 







1,600 











Total 







3,861,400 



242, 260 



3, 950, 500 



149, 650 











Shore fisheries: 

 Clams 



25,750 

 32, 120 

 10, 000 



S2, 605 



4,495 



350 



24, 760 



51,840 



1,500 



1,650 



441, 336 



86, 450 



1, 866, 000 



3,095 



6,575 



30 



247 



69, 686 



4,315 



933 



73, 000 

 38,400 

 750 

 3,000 

 35, 000 

 19, 600 



11,075 



Quahogs 



4,875 



Mussels 



50 



Scallops 



250 



Oysters, market 







5,725 



Oysters, seed 







715 



•Oyster shells 



















Total 



67,870 



7,450 



2,473,636 



84, 881 



169, 750 



22, 690 







Total vessel and shore 



67, 870 



7,450 



6,334,936 



327, 141 



4,120,250 



172, 340 



Species. 



Kent. • 



Washington. 



Total. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Vessel fisheries: 

 Clams 



4,060 



5,240 



300 



10, 920 



42, 000 



$506 



655 



24 



1,299 



7,650 







9,060 



16,040 



300 



11,520 



2,467,500 



5,370,000 



$1, 256 



Quahogs 







1,905 



Mussels 







24 



Scallops 







1,349 



Oysters, market 







394, 700 



Oysters, shell 







2,810 















Total 



62, 520 



10, 134 







7, 874, 420 



402, 044 











Shore fisheries: 

 Clams 



11, 430 



109, 240 



3,000 



99, 216 



122, 500 



3, 500 



402, 000 



1,330 



13, 605 



240 



8, 625 



25,650 



200 



219 



6,150 

 2,056 



$1,208 

 361 



141,090 

 233, 656 

 15, 250 

 103, 866 

 624, 596 

 109, 550 

 2,304,000 



19, 313 



Quahogs 



29, 911 



Mussels 



670 



Scallops 







9,122 



Oysters, market 



25, 760 



4,387 



105, 448 



Oysters, seed 



5,230 



Oysters shells 



36,000 



6 



1,158 







Total 



750, 886 



49, 869 



69, 966 



5,962 



3,532,008 



170, 852 







Total vessel and shore 



813, 406 



60, 003 



69, 966 



5,962 



11, 406, 428 



572,896 







Table showing, by counties, the catch of eels by spears in Rhode Island in 1898. 



Counties. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Newport 



5,300 



666 



18, 667 



5,333 

 600 



$290 



Bristol 



40 



Providence 



1,120 



Kent 



240 



Washington - 



24 









Total 



30, 566 



1,714 







Table showing the catch by harpoons and snap nets in Rhode Island in 1898. 



Apparatus. 



• Vessel fisheries: 



' Harpoons 



I Snap nets 



County. 



Newport. 



Species. 



Sword-fish. 

 Cunners . . . 



Lbs. 



55, 875 

 3,300 



Value. 



$2, 935 

 100 



