COMMERCIAL FISHERIES OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 485 
Table showing exports from the Hawaiian Islands of products taken oy the Hawatian 
whaling fleet from 1857 to 1880. 




eas Sperm Whale | Whale- | . : sab: Walrus 
Year. oil. oil. pone, | Seal oil. | Ivory. hides. 
Viger’ Weeden | | 
SEEDS ee GGUS: Lbs. | Pieces. 
53, 3382 21, 997 = 
86, 959 39, 300 
219, 187 60, 480 
188, 548 2h O0Si eee 
11, 392 2,716 
3,096 | 137,855 37, 872 | 
8,360 | 123, 023 45, 402 
2,280 | 111, 421 33, 716 







TW ne Ske ae ee Nee emg a Eearere | 44,968] 46,218 | 56, 840 | 
TRY eps es einer ee ee ae ene | 58 | 70,646 | 48, 44 | 
TBO Reen Et het a eee oe See ee | 15,007] 41,585] 11,960 
DRE RR cm ie a Ss ee em | 8,971 | 153,785 |} 89,842 | 
TR) ec ee ch eS ENE oa 3,654 | 134,167 | 101,101 | 
Vil ie 8 SMe esa Soret ee eS Sen 4,867 | 140,319 283 
CYR) Sac cade eme eae Sa een eae Seana Ul 98 | 28,083 | 23,336 | 
(iY. ane Sea eee Sop ae eee eee | 8,795] 42,306] 17,561 
Thigh sa Se Dea ae a er | 621] 48,605 | 16,174 
Tey a \alg 520 ea Se aoe PEE ae eee 597 | 81,375 | 41,955 
TGS so pae gre Sao ooo rae ee ese ee ee eee leer 33,518 | 23, 965 | 
TEV f= Be eB See SE EDUe 2 ae ae See emer eee 805 186 | 11,507 
TSITASS oS as eee ea ae oe |eseSenesee 7,254 | 14, 865 
THB oe se oe ee ae eee ee ae een eee 816 
THON 2 rs Se Se erg ea ee iasaeertee 14,662 | 10,977 


BAY WHALING. 
In addition to the vessel fishery for whales a number of persons 
engaged at various times in what was called ‘‘bay whaling.” The 
small humpback whales in the winter time would resort to the region 
between Lahaina and Kalepolepo Bay for breeding purposes. The 
sperm whales would also do the same to the leeward side and off the 
southern point of Hawaii, and also off the other islands at times. When 
a whale was sighted close to the shore parties would go out in small 
boats and attempt to capture it. If successful, the whale would be 
towed ashore, cut up, and the blubber tried out in rude try works. 
The first mention in the local newspapers of this fishery was the 
following, from the Polynesian, of Honolulu, May 20, 1848: 
Sperm whales are frequently seen near these islands, and several projects have 
been set on foot at different times to capture them. Mr. James Hough, of Lahaina, 
obtained a few months since a charter for the exclusive right of fishing for whales at 
Honuaula, on the island of Maui, and at length succeeded in capturing a sperm whale. 
In consequence of the difficulty experienced in ‘‘cutting in’’ and getting the ‘‘blub- 
ber’’ on shore, only about 30 barrels of oil were secured. This at the current rates 
here is worth about $800. 
Maalaea Bay, on the north side of Maui, was frequently visited by 
sperm whales. According to several of the old inhabitants of Wailuku 
the natives used to kill whales in the bay quite often in the ‘‘ forties.” 
Whales would sometimes get stranded upon the coast. In June, 
1857, a young sperm whale, about 8 feet in length, was stranded on 
the beach at the mouth of the Waiole River, Hanalei Bay, Kauai. The 
natives secured him and floated him into the river, where he soon died, 
and his oil was then tried out. 
