FISHERIES OF SIBERIA 



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It is estimated that in 1922 the total catch of salmon by the local 

 population for its own consumption, feeding of dogs, and for sale, 

 and by commercial fishermen, was about 120,000,000 in number. 

 Commercial fishermen caught over 91,000,000, weighing about 

 448,000,000 pounds, of which 83 per cent are accredited to ocean 

 fishing stations and 17 per cent to river stations. 



How widely the Kamchatka-Okhotsk waters have been used by 

 the Japanese is revealed in the following table, showing the number 

 of sailing and steam vessels chartered by Japanese fishermen, their 

 tonnage, number of workmen, weight of fish caught (in pounds), and 

 species for the period 1910-1921: 



Japanese fisheries in Russian far eastern waters 

 [According to Japanese official statistics] 



Note.— From Fish and Fur Supplies of the Far East, 1923, pp. 72-73. 



The Japanese financed the Russian fishermen, furnished the equip- 

 ment and necessary materials, vessels for transportation of workmen, 

 etc. From the port of Hakodate alone there were exported to traders 

 in the Russian far eastern waters equipment and supplies for fisheries 

 to the amount of $4,220,000 in 1919, $6,670,000 in 1920, $4,160,000 

 in 1921, and $6,630,000 in 1922. A portion of the fish caught in 

 Russian far eastern waters were exported by the Japanese to Quan- 

 tung and Hongkong, China, as follows: 



Exports by the Japanese of salted humpback salmon caught in Russina waters 



Note.— From Fish and Fur Supplies of the Far East, 1923, p. 77. 



