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west Kamchatka 806,400 pounds, and east Kamchatka 761,600 

 pounds. The major portion of the catch of fish was shipped to 

 Japan, being prepared by the Japanese method — that is, cleaned, 

 salted, and spread in layers, each layer being salted and covered by 

 another layer of fish. The fish prepared by this method are very 

 salty, dry, and tough, and usually are shipped loose in holds of vessels. 

 The cheapest kinds of fish usually are prepared by this method. 



The following table gives the quantity and value of humpback 

 salmon and the percentage of fish shipments made to Japan during 

 the period 1907 to 1919 (Russian Economic Review, No. 2, 1922, 

 p. 4, Shanghai) : 



In 1913 the total number of salmon reported caught was 75,000,000 

 and herring 46,000,000. Of this number, 282,240,000 pounds of 

 salmon and 6,720,000 pounds of herring were prepared for market. 

 Other fish and fishery products amounted to 8,960,000 pounds. 



The importance of the Japanese market to the fishing industry of 

 the Russian far east is illustrated by the following figures of fish 

 exports to Japan : 



The most important item is salmon. In 1913 imports of dog 

 salmon to Japan amounted to 86, 197, 440pounds, valued at $1,898,495; 

 of humpback salmon, 107,490,880 pounds, 4 valued at $1,138,693; and 

 of canned fish, 4,536,000 pounds, valued at $257,947. Of these 

 amounts the Kamchatka fisheries supplied 140,896,000 pounds, 

 valued at $2,889,734. 



In 1920 Japanese fishermen, 20,000 in number, united in a syn- 

 dicate with a capital of $25,000,000, and caught 168,656,320 pounds 

 of fish, valued at $23,000,000. The catch of herring was largely for 

 local consumption, but part of it was exported to Korea and China. 

 The numbers of herring exported to Korea during various years were 

 as follows : 6 



Number 



1915 9,600,000 



1916 8,600,000 



1917 14, 200, 000 



1918 21,300,000 



1919 28,400, 000 



* This figure does not correspond to that in the first table above (67,872,000 pounds). All figures for 1913 

 were taken from Consul Caldwell's report on the fisheries in the Russian far east. 

 « Russian Economic Review, No. 2, 1922, Shanghai. 



