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district, and at present is of little importance. In 1913 there were 

 14 stations on the island and they produced chum and humpback 

 salmon. 



Ol'Jiotsk- Kamchatka district. — The Okhotsk section covers the 

 coast line of the northern part of the Okhotsk Sea from Port Ayan 

 to Penjin Promontory, about 1,620 miles. Chum, humpback, coho, 

 and red salmon, and Dolly Vardcn trout are found here. The West 

 Kamchatka section includes the coast line from the Sopotshnaya 

 River down to the southern Ozernof shore fishing stations, a distance 

 of about 335 miles. The Ozornaya River is, so far as known, the 

 only river in this section that the red salmon visit in any quantities. 

 In 1913 there were 152 fishinc: stations in this siu-tion, most of which 

 were leased to Japanese. The number has since been increased. 

 All five species of salmon and the Dolly Vardon trout are found here. 

 The East Kamchatka section covers the coast line of eastern Kam- 

 chatka and Anadir Peninsulas, about 1,843 miles. The majority 

 of the fishinfj stations are concentrated around Karachinsky (Count 

 Litka) Bay, in the straits from the Mnlo-Voyam River to Kitchio:in 

 River, about 135 miles lonj;, and in tlie re«j:ion of Kamchatka River. 

 All five species of salmon and DoUv Vaiden trout are taken here and 

 most of the canneries are located here and in the West Kamchatka 

 section. 



Southwestern district. — This district covers the waters from the 

 southern boundary of the Amur River estuary (the line between 

 Capes Lazarev and Poo^il^i) down to the Chosen frontier, including 

 Vanina Bay, Imperial Harbor, Peter the Great Bay, and otluw bays. 

 The total length of the shore line is about 1 ,350 miles. The northern 

 part. from Tjazarev-Pogibi bne to Cape Povorotni, with the excep- 

 tion of various bays, includes the conv<'ntional waters, while the 

 southern part, composed of Peter the (Jreat Bay and Posiet Bay, 

 are excluded from the conventional waters. In the first-named 

 section chum and humpback salmon are caught to some extent. 

 In the southern section chum and humpback salmon are takctn and 

 markfited fr(>sh. 



Annir liivrr. — The Amur River is sub<hvi(le(l into two districts — 

 the Marinsk, or the Lowei- Amur, (hstiict and the Khabarovsk dis- 

 trict. The iii'st named inebuh's the area from the village Troitskoe 

 to the village Sopliiskoi^ or a tract af)Out 278 miles long. The 

 Khabarovsk district inrlu(h's the river line from the northern l)Oun(l- 

 ary of the Maryinsk district up the river to Khabarovsk, about 127 

 miles. Chum salmon form the bulk of the catch in this district. 



FISHERY RIGHTS AND REGULATIONS. 



Along the entire s<>acoast of Siberia, by virtue of the Russo-Japa- 

 nese conviMition of 1907, concluded for 12 years, and, it is reported, 

 with what truth we have no means of tcthng at present, renewed 

 in 1919, the Japanese are permitted to engage in fishing on equal 

 terms with Russians. In such sections there is no restriction 

 with regard to the nationahty of th(^ hiborers employed^ or the 

 methfxl of preparing th(^ fish, excej)t (hat the manufacture of fish 

 maiiun* fnun (isli of the salmon variety is prohi})ited. On th(^ face 

 of it this conv<'ntion looks like an equitable agr<'<'m<'nt, but in putting 

 the Japan<'s<^ on the same footing as the Russians it subjected them 



