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XJ. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Kamchatka and Okhotsk, in which the canning industry took root. 

 In 1922 there were 20 Japanese and 6 Russian canning plants, which 

 produced about 900,000 cases of various species of salmon. Of 

 these, 5 were located in east Kamchatka and 14 in west Kamchatka, 

 with a production of 718,184 cases. 



The number of streams known as spawning grounds for salmon is 

 not large. They are as follows: 



Of these 104 streams, about 20 to 25 are important as spawning 

 grounds, such as Okhota, Kukhtuy, Gizhiga, Tigil, Kol, Vorovskaya, 

 Bolshaya, Kamchatka, Anadyr, and others. Usually in each stream 

 of a district there is a run of certain species of fish, usually not more 

 than two or three species. Only Kamchatka and Bolshaya streams 

 have runs of all five salmon species annually. 



The number of fishing stations leased to Russians and Japanese 

 for the years 1910-1923 is given below. 



■ Number represents those actually exploited. 



2 Includes 4 crab stations. 



3 Includes 1 crab station. 



4 Includes 2 crab stations. 



5 Includes 14 crab stations. 



Note.— From Fish and Fur Supplies of the Far East, 1923, p. 61. 



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The catch of fish, by species in number and weight in pounds 

 shown on pages 57 to 62. 



To the catch of salmon, as given in these tables, it is necessary to 

 add the catch of salmon by the local population for its own con- 

 sumption and for feeding its dogs. For Kamchatka alone it is esti- 

 mated that these two items amount to about 20,000,000 salmon 

 (4,500,000 for the people and 15,500,000 for the dogs). 



