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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



In 1917 A. G. Denbigh built a cannery at Javino, on the west coast 

 of Kamchatka Peninsula. All the machinery in this plant is electric 

 driven. 



In 1918 the ravages occasioned by the war so far as personnel, 

 transportation, tinplate shortage, and market conditions were con- 

 cerned had come to a head, and as a result the Grooshetsky & Co. 

 and some of the smaller canneries did not operate, while Tsutsumi & 

 Co. operated only those of its canneries which packed red salmon. 



In 1919 conditions were much more favorable in Siberia, and as a 

 result the three Russian plants which were shut down in 1918 re- 

 opened. Tsutsumi & Co. erected and operated a new cannery in 

 Ust-Kamchatka. The Nichiro Gyogyo Kabushi Kaisha, or Russo- 

 Japanese Fisheries Co. (Ltd.), built and operated two additional one- 

 line canneries at Kompakova and Kiseka. 



The following table shows the detailed pack of canned salmon 

 made by the various companies operating in Siberia in 1915: 



Siberia Canned Salmon Pack in 1915. « 



Name and cannery location. t* 



A. G. Denbigh, Kamchatka River (2) 

 and Kompakova 



Food Products Exp. Co 



S. Grooshetsky &. Co., Bolslieryetzk ... 



Mirard & Co 



Nichiro Fishing Co. (Ltd.), Kamchatka 

 River 



Sugamiya 



Tsutsumi it Co., Oxernaya 



Hand pack canneries, East and West 

 Kamchatka 



Total. 



a From Pacific Fisherman Yearbook Tor 1916, p. 44. 



b Tiiere were also a coupie of small canneries operated on the Amur River which are not shown here. 



c Called " l'inks"in Siberia. 



d Includes 10,000 cases one-half pound flats of 8 dozen each. 



t Includes lo,>!'00 cases one-half pound flats of 8 dozen each. 



In order to show the changes which have occurred since 1915 the 

 detailed pack made by the various companies for 1919 is given. 



Siberia Canned Salmon Pack in 1919.o 



Name. 



Grooshetsky, S., & Co 



Hakama, S., & Co 



Hokuyo-Oyogyo Kabushiki 



Knisha(Etd.). 

 Nichiro Gyogyo Kabushiki 



Kaisha (Ltd.). 



Shindo. S., & Co 



Suda, K., &Co 



Tsutsumi & Co 



Yushutsu-Shokuhin Kabu- 

 shiki Kaisha (Ltd.). 



Total. 



Cannery location. 



Ozernaya, Bolsheryetzk . 



Opala 



Ust-Kamchatka 6 



Bolsheryetzk, Opala, and Ust- 

 Kamchatka. 



Narachefsky 



Palana R 



Ust-Kamchatka, Ozernaya, 

 Javino, Koshcgochinsky, 

 Bolsheryetzk (2),andKuftoi. 



Opala Goluiginsky, Koshego- 

 chinsky, Javino « 



Num- 

 ber of 

 can- 

 neries 

 oper- 

 ated. 



Spring. 



1-lb. 

 flats. 



1,533 

 '3,'575. 



5, 108 



Red. 



Mb. 

 tails. 



Mb. 

 flats. 



8,363 

 7,550 

 73, 058 



888 



900 



112,396 



80,832 



340,863 



i-lb. 

 flats. 



18,266 

 17, 604 



35, 870 



a From Pacific Fisherman Yearbook for 1920, p. 86. 



b Formerly Denbigh canneries at Ncrpichr and Seaside. 



c Javino cannery bought from A. G. Denbigh & Co. 



