476 EEPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



Kauai, Lanai, and Hawaii, in the order named. Tlie latter island 

 almost dropped out altogether, securing but tilS pounds of ranaama, 

 worth $54. Amaama is the leading species, 430,115 pounds, worth 

 $87,706, having been marketed. Awa is second, with 224,821 pounds, 

 which sold for $22,662. The other species — aholehole, carp, gold iish, 

 oopu, and opae — form but an insignificant part of the total catch. 



As compared with 1900, the catch of ama-ama shows a decrease in 

 weight of 55,416 pounds, and $31,496 in value. During the same 

 period the catch of awa increased in quantity 30,150 pounds, and 

 decreased in value $24,864. The aholehole catch increased from 200 

 pounds, valued at $30, in 1900, to 7,100 pounds, valued at $373, in 

 1903; the catch of carp decreased from 1,500 pounds, valued at $150, 

 in 1900, to 400 pounds, valued at $32, in 1903; the gold-tish catch 

 increased from 80 pounds, valued at $10, in 1900, to 6,267 pounds, 

 valued at $351, in 1903 (most of this increase was on Maui); the oopu 

 catch increased from 492 pounds, valued at $74, in 1900, to 4,600 

 pounds, valued at $174, in 1903, and the catch of opae decreased from 

 310 pounds, valued at $31, in 1900, to 150 pounds, valued at $23, in 

 1903. In 1900, 180 pounds of okuhekuhe, valued at $18, were taken, 

 but none was sold in 1903. 



The gill net is the leading form of apparatus in use, 322,240 pounds, 

 valued at $54,610, having been taken thus. Dip and scoop nets are 

 second, with 246,179 pounds, worth $40,397, and seines third, with 

 104,534 pounds, valued at $16,314. Gill nets alone were used on 

 Hawaii and Lanai, seines alone on Maui, seines and gill nets on Kauai 

 and Molokai, and all forms on Oahu. 



