COMMERCIAL FISHERIES OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



453 



forms more than one-half of the total. Shrimp and other shellfish 

 (mainly dried shrimp, oysters, and abalone from Japan and C'hina), 

 and turtles occup}' second place, while cured cod, haddock, hake, and 

 pollock are third. There has been considerable falling off in the 

 imports of anchovies and sardines, while imports of canned mullets 

 have ceased altogether, the latter not being able to compete with the 

 cheaper grades of canned salmon from the United States since the 

 annexation of the islands: 



Table t^hoiving the imports of fishery products during the calendar years 1901, 1902, and 



1903. 



Product. 



Anchovies and sardines 



Cod, haddock, hake, and pollock, dried, salted, 



smoked, and pickled pounds.. 



Fish, cured and preserved , 



Fish, (except salmon): 



Fresh 



Pickled and preserved , 



Herring: 



Pickled or salted pounds. , 



Smoked do 



Mackerel: 



Pickled or salted do 



Salmon: 



Fresh do 



Pickled or salted do 



Oil, whale and fish gallons. 



Shell and mother-of-pearl, manufacturers of 



Shells, unmanufactured , 



Shrimp, other shellfish, and turtles 



Total. 



1901. 



Num- 

 ber. 



156, 800 



1,050 



850 



4,453 



2,170 



27 



Value. 



3,455 



6,630 

 76,410 



388 

 710 



36 



227 

 107 



91,066 



Num- 

 ber. 



157, 070 



2, 550 



427 

 3,706 



28 



Value. 



84, 228 



6,352 

 62, 737 



296 

 544 



20 



214 



6 



4 

 12, 172 



86, 690 



Num- ! 

 ber. 



Value. 



$2, 876 



112,000 4,600 

 ! 55,562 



105 

 765 



1,760 



241 



70 



2, 245 



27 



31,659 



97,305 



EXPORTATION OF FISHERY 'PRODUCTS. 



Owing to the immense domestic demand the islands have exported 

 ^ut little. Occasional lots of beche-de-mer, sharks' fins, and gold-fish 

 (for ornamental purposes) have been exported in the past, but not dur- 

 ing the last few years. The table below shows the exports by coun- 

 tries for the calendar years 1901, 1902, and 1903. A record was kept 

 at the custom-house of the exports to the mainland, and these have 

 been included. Little, if any, of these exports were of domestic ori- 

 gin, but consisted mainly of transshipments and goods reshipped to 

 the country of origin. 



