490 



REPOKT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



Frogs were introduced on this island about four j^ears ago, and soon 

 became fairly common in certain districts. In 1903 Mr. Francis Gay 

 placed some near Makaweli, and Knudsen Brothers, of Kekaha, intro- 

 duced them in their neighborhood early in 1904. 



The pond fisheries are included in the tables below, but more detailed 

 information in regard to them is shown elsewhere in this report. 



In 1903 there were 314 persons engaged in the fisheries on Kauai, 

 a gain of 107 over 1900. This gain is almost entirely among the 

 natives, who increased from 120 to 237. There are not many Japa- 

 nese employed as yet. The number of Chinese fell from 34 in 1900 to 

 19 in 1903."^ 



The total investment in the fisheries is $15,101. Since 1900 the 

 number of seines has increased from 1 to 21, and gill nets from 14 to 

 35. Bag nets and dip nets decreased in number, but the number of 

 fish ponds decreased from 6 to 2. This does not mean that these fish 

 ponds are abandoned, but that their owners obtained from them merely 

 enough for their own wants, and consequently had no fish to sell, so 

 that the ponds are removed from the commercial class for the time 

 being. 



The total catch was 377,946 pounds, valued at $34,738, a decrease as 

 compared with 1900. More than one-half of the catch was made with 

 seines. 



The following tables show the condition of the Kauai fisheries in 

 1903: 



Table showing by nationalities the number of persons engaged in the fisheries of Kauai in 



1903. 



In shore 

 fisheries. 



Americans 



Chinese 



Hawaiian men . . . 

 Hawaiian women 

 Japanese 



Total 



4 



19 



223 



14 



54 



314 



Table shoiving the boats, apparatus, fishponds, and property used in the fisheries of Kauai 



in 1903. 



Item. 



Boats 



Apparatus: 



Seines ... 

 Gill nets. 

 Bag nets. 

 Cast nets 

 Dip nets . 

 Lines 



Number. Value 



71 



a 21 



&35 



2 



20 



12 



a 4,133 yards. 



5,585 

 324 

 300 

 200 

 24 

 133 



Item. 



Apparatus — Continued : 



Baskets (opae) 



Traps 



Spears 



Fish ponds 



Shore and accessory property. 



Total 



Number. 



61,009 yards. 



Value. 



«12 



186 



8 



1,900 



1,550 



15, 101 



