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Catch of fish in Russian far eastern waters — Continued 



Note. — The weight of catch was derived by assuming that the average weight of each species was as 

 follows: King, 9 pounds; ke.ta, 5 pounds; humpback, 2 pounds; red, 3.5 pounds (in Okhotsk district 6) 

 silver,' 5 pounds (in Okhotsk 6); and herring, 0.5 pound (in southwestern district 0.7); as given in Fish and 

 Fur Supplies of the Far East, by Dalrybokhota, 1923, pp. 110-126, 152. Vladivostok. 



Relative importance of districts and of species of fish 1 



i According to weight of fish caught, based on the previous table. 



2 Total catch of fish taken as 100. 



3 Total catch of salmon taken as 100. 



A study of the average catch (above table) by districts, shows that 

 before the war the largest tonnage of fish came from the Nikolayevsk- 

 on-Amur districts; since the war the largest tonnage of fish has come 



