FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 
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91 . — Table of products. 
Alewives, fresh 
Alewives, salted 
Alewives, smoked 
Blueiish, fresh 
Bluefish, salted 
Butter -fish, fresh 
Cod. fresh 
Cod. salted 
Eels, fresh 
Flatfish and flounders 
Haddock, fresh 
Haddock, salted 
Kiugfish, fresh 
Mackerel, fresh 
Mackerel, salted 
Menhaden, fresh 
Perch or dinners, fresh . 
Pollock, salted, fresh 
Soa bass, fresh 
Scup, fresh 
Shad, fresh 
Smelt, fresh 
Squeteaaue, fresh 
Striped bass, fresh 
Swordfish, fresh 
Tautoe, fresh 
Miscellaneous fish, fresh. 
Refuse fish, fresh 
Lobsters 
Crabs 
Clams (soft) 
Qualiugs 
Scallop's 
Oysters 
Pounds. | Value. 
26 , 612 
182 , 000 
112 , 580 , 000 
3.000 
25 , 200 
2,700 
401 , 345 
2,581 
15, 555 
281,450 
165 
2,575 
300 
76 , 705 
Shore fisheries. 
Total. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
499, 450 
$ 7 , 518 
499, 450 
$ 7, 518 
412, 000 
8, 240 
2, 380 
412 , 0 j 0 
8,240 
134, 800 
134 , 800 
2, 380 
401, 375 
26 , 648 
406 , 875 
1,800 
26, 998 
90 
267 050 
9, 827 
267, 050 
9, 827 
85 , 000 
2,490 
301, 940 
9,028 
11, 200 
500 
63 , 476 
2,070 
249 , 450 
11, 878 
249 , 450 
11, 878 
529 , 750 
12, 425 
529 , 750 
12, 425 
5 , 000 
125 
103, 120 
10, 640 
2 , 332 
212 
9, 700 
291 
9, 700 
291 
270 , 000 
22, 500 
296, 612 
25, 081 
120 , 000 
9 , 000 
302, 000 
112 , 580, 000 
24 , 555 
281, 450 
16 , 000 
640 
16. 000 
640 
51, 520 
1 , 840 
St 520 
1,840 
493, 150 
13 , 823 
493, 150 
13, 823 
6 , 063 , 800 
91,921 
6 , 063 , 800 
91, 921 
16, 650 
1, 149 
16 , 650 
1,149 
84, 500 
4,195 
84 , 500 
4, 195 
406, 214 
16, 844 
406, 214 
16 , 844 
80 , 340 
7,291 
80 , 340 
165, 990 
187, 625 
7,291 
7, 417 
7 , 700 
187 , 625 
7,700 
46 , 250 
925 
46 , 250 
925 
1 , 106, 200 
1,770 
1 , 106, 200 
1, 770 
447 , 500 
20, 970 
456 , 000 
21, 565 
4, 460 
1,125 
4,460 
1, 125 
330, 750 
32 , 310 
* 333 , 750 
32, 475 
212, 000 
23 , 025 
1237 , 200 
25 , 600 
20, 250 
2,250 
| 22, 950 
2,550 
1 , 022, 868 
195, 234 
§ 1 , 424, 213 
271 , 939 
1 13 , 584, 852 
536, 834 
127 , 365. 475 
935, 144 
*33,375 bushels. 129,650 bushels. J 6,557 bushels. 
THE VESSEL FISHERIES. 
This State resembles Maine in having vessel fisheries of less value than the shore 
fisheries. In the succeeding tables the vessel fisheries are exhibited from various 
points of view, including by counties, by customs districts, by apparatus, and by fisheries. 
There are three counties in Rhode Island from which vessel fishing is prosecuted ; 
these are Providence, Bristol, and Newport. The fisheries in each county are exhib- 
ited in three tables. From the first it will be seen that of the 388 persons employed on 
vessels, 333 were in Newport County, and only 34 and 21 in Providence and Bristol 
couuties, respectively. Only 2 aliens were found on Rhode Island vessels, a much 
smaller percentage than occurs in any other New England State. 
The capital invested in vessel fisheries, as shown in Table 93, was $239,460, of 
which $205,655 was credited to Newport County, $18,855 to Providence County, and 
$14,950 to Bristol County. Of the 62 fishing vessels in the State, 42 were owned in 
Newport County, and all of the 7 transporting vessels belonged in the same county. 
In Newport County 113,330,388 pounds of products were taken, worth to the 
fishermen $317,337. Menhaden is by far the most important species taken, amounting 
to 112,580,000 pounds, valued at $281,450. Mackerel ranks second among the products 
of the county, the catch being 199,012 pounds, worth $17,240. Cod, swordfish, and 
haddock are the only other species of any prominence. Vessels of Providence County 
took 355,735 pounds of fishery products and stocked $62,919, the catch being princi- 
pally oysters, which amounted to 43,835 bushels, worth $58,651. Next to oysters, 
quahogs are the most important species. The entire catch in Bristol County consists 
of oysters, of which 13,500 bushels, valued at $18,054, were secured. 
