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XJ. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



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 River 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 S473,800; the balance was valued at $681,345. In addition 

 there were 4,766,784 pounds of salmon ca"sdar, 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 Russo- 

 Japanese Fishing Convention of 1907, and at the Russian river 

 stations, in 1911, was as follows: 



Species 



Western 

 Kam- 

 chatka 



Eastern 

 Kam- 

 chatka 



River sta- 

 tions 



Bays and 

 river outlets 



Total 



Chavitch (king) 



Keta (chum) 



Krasnaia (red) 



Garbusha (humpback) 

 Kishutch (coho) 



Total 



5, -121 



3, 082, 300 



2, 136, 800 



39, 448, 500 



327, 200 



7,818 

 2, 675, 000 



747,000 

 1,411,000 



179,000 



207 



297, 300 



689, 000 



1, 320, 200 



114,200 



590 



890, 790 



230, 240 



175, 980 



7,770 



14, 036 



0, 945, 390 



3, 809, 040 



42, 355, 680 



628, 170 



45, 000, 221 



5, 019, 818 



2, 420, 907 



1,311,370 



53, 752, 316 



In the Okhotsk district the catch amounted to 827,274 keta and 

 37,790 krasnaia. Of salmon caviar 489 tons were prepared by the 

 Japanese and 60 tons by the Russians. 



In 1915 about 50,000 barrels of pickled salmon were prepared on 

 the Amur River. In the sections covered by the Fishing Convention 

 6,000,000 salmon, mostly keta with a few krasnaia, were dry-salted, 

 while 80,000,000 humpback salmon, called "salmon trout" in Japan, 

 were so prepared. No fish were frozen for the European market, due 

 to the war. A considerable quantity of caviar was prepared, but the 

 quantity is imknown. The pack of canned salmon is shown elsewhere. 



