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tr. S. BUREAtJ OF FISHERIES 



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 ' 



A. O. Denbigh, Kamchatka River (2) 



and Kompakova 



Food Products Exp. Co 



S. Orooshetsky & Co., Bolsheryetzk 



Minard & Co 



Nichiro Fishing Co. (Ltd.), Kamchatka 



River 



Sugamiya 



Tsutsumi & Co., Ozemaya-. 



Hand-pack canneries. East and West 

 Kamchatka 



Total 



Cases 



122,000 



35,000 



29, 000 



7,000 



32, 209 

 2,200 

 40, 600 



15,000 



289, 009 



1 From Pacific Fisherman Yearbook for 1916, p. 44. 



' There were also a couple of small canneries operated on the Amur River which are not shown here. 



' Called "Pinks" in Siberia. 



* Includes 10,000 cases one-half jiound flats of 8 dozen each. 



» Includes 10,800 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 



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



' Formerly Denbigh canneries at Nerpichr and Seaside. 



' Javino cannery bought from A. O. Denbigh & Co. 



The close of the World War found political conditions in Siberia in 

 a badly demoraHzed condition, with the coast held for several years 

 by the Japanese. As a result of this mo$t of the Siberian-owned 

 canneries fell into the hands of Japanese' operators. Finally the 



