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U. S. BUEEAU OF FISHERIES. 



Haul seines of varying lengths and depths are used in connection 

 with the more important river fishing stations. 



Along the coast the Japanese use a floating trap net somewhat 

 similar to the type used in Alaska, also haul seines and a few gill nets. 



ABUNDANCE OF SALMON. 



It is exceedingly difhcult to secure even approximate statistics 

 of the Siberian catch of salmon, owing to the wide extent of coast, the 

 totally inadequate means of transportation preventing close super- 

 vision, the presence of so many foreigners who go directly home with 

 their catches at the end of the season, and the crude system of control 

 in operation by the authorities. 



The following table shows the catch of salmon in the four districts 

 for the year 1898: 



In the Anadir district the catch in 1909 was as follows: Cape 

 St. Michael, 91,616; above Cape Neuman, 8,234; Anadir River, 

 150,746; Anadir liivcr estuary, 9,864; Hanchelar River, 6,121; 

 Cape Observation, 270,000; total, 536,581. The catch by natives 

 and small Russian fishermen is estimated at about 3,000,000 and 

 500,000 fish, respectively. In addition to this, 130 barrels of caviar, 

 weighing 14 tons, were prepared, and there were 20 tons from Cape 

 Observation. 



According to the statistics of the Fisheries Control, the catch of 

 salmon in the Amur River in 1910 was as follows: Spring salmon, 

 7,701,344; summer salmon, 21,384,549; autumn salmon, 9,546,254; 

 in all, 38,632,147. Of this number 34,649,025 fish were marketed 

 and the balance consumed locally. Japan bought 23,228,481 fish, 

 valued at $473,800; the balance was valued at $681,345. In addition 

 there were 4,766,784 pounds of salmon caviar, valued at an average 

 price of $0,114 per pound, totaling $543,413, which brings the total 

 value of the salmon catch and by-products up to $1,698,558. During 

 the same year, in Peter the Great Bay, 8,263 salmon were caught. 



The number of salmon caught in eastern and western Kamchatka 

 and in the bays and rivers in this region not included in the Fishing 

 Convention, and at the Russian river stations, in 1911, was as follows: 



Species. 



Western 

 Kam- 

 chatka. 



Eastern 

 Kam- 

 chatka. 



River 



stations. 



Bays and 



river 

 outlets. 



Total. 



Chavitch (king) 



Keta (chum) 



Krasnaia (red) 



Garbusha (humpback) 

 Kishutcb (coho) 



Total 



5,421 



3,082,300 



2,136,800 



39, 448, 500 



327, 200 



7, SIS 

 2, 675, 000 



747, (JOO 

 1,411,000 



179, 000 



207 



297, 300 



689, 000 



1,320,200 



114,200 



590 



890, 790 



236,240 



175, 980 



7,770 



45, 000, 221 



6, 019, 818 



2, 420, 907 



1,311,370 



14,036 



6,945,390 



3,809,040 



42,355,680 



628, 170 



53,752,318 



