Rhode Island General Laws Title 21. Food and Drugs § 21-15-4. Construction, size, and packing of casks

Every cask shall be well seasoned and bound with twelve (12) hoops.  Casks for menhaden and herrings shall be of the capacity to hold twenty-eight gallons (28 gals.), and those for other fish of the capacity, if a barrel, to hold two hundred pounds (200 lbs.), and if a half barrel, one hundred pounds (100 lbs.) weight of fish.  Each cask shall be full and the fish shall be sound and well cured.