COMMERCIAL FISHERIES OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 467 
Canoes, rowboats, sampans, and seine boats were the types of boats 
in use. ‘The most important form of apparatus in use in the fisheries 
was the gill net. Lines were second so far as value was concerned. 
Only four fish ponds were used commercially. The total investment 
for the whole island amounted to $25,172. 
Hilo district was the most important fishing section, followed by 
Kona, Kohala, Hamakua, Puna, and Kau districts in the order named. 
Akule was the leading species, 304,099 pounds, valued at $34,572, hav- 
ing been secured. Aku, moano, oio, ulua, and hee were the other 
leading species. The total catch for the island amounted to 1,304,311 
pounds, valued at $137,734. 
Table showing, by nationality, the number of persons using each form of apparatus in 
the fisheries of Hawaii in 1900. 
















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The line fisheries occupy first position, with 998,916 pounds, valued 
at $110,855, more than two-thirds of the total catch for the whole 
island. The principal species secured in this fishery were akule, aku, 
moano, oio, ulua, kahala, and kawakawa. 
The seine fisheries were second so far as quantity was concerned, 
but third in the value of same, the gill-net fisheries being second in 
value and third in catch. The principal species taken in the seine 
fisheries were akule, opelu, ulua, and iheihe, and in the gill-net fish- 
eries akule, hauliuli, uu, and ulua. 
The cast-net fisheries amounted to 61,531 pounds, valued at $4,292. 
The principal species were akule, aalaihi, ahia, and pakii. 
Opelu alone were taken in the bag-net and dip-net fisheries. 
In the basket fisheries manini, puhi, and opai were the principal 
species obtained. 
Hee, kumu, and hihimanu were the leading species secured in the 
spear fisheries, while ula alone were taken in the snare fisheries. 
In the hand fisherics opihi, ula, hee, and papai were the leading 
species captured. 
