PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. Lili 
and installed in it a full lime of American sanitary can-making and 
can-packing machinery. This plant will compare favorably with 
most of our Alaska canneries. The buildings are of iron. 
In 1915 a number of extensive improvements in the way of new 
buildings, machinery, etc., were made to the various plants, and 
during the winter of 1915-16 several of the canning firms had repre- 
sentatives in this country selecting much additional machinery for 
use during the 1916 season. 
The followimg table * shows the detailed pack of canned salmon 
made by the various companies operating in Siberia in 1915: 
One-pound flats. 
Name and cannery location. Canner- Total. 
F . Hump- 
Reds. |Springs.} Silvers. | Chums.@ paclia’ 
A. G. Denbigh, Kamchatka River (2) Cases. Cases. | Cases. Cases. Cases. | Cases. 
BNC OCOW Ss Jace «ncbice . cae ee «ene By) 558; 000" Sos ee ce 26,000 } 38,000 }......... 122, 000 
S. Grooshetsky & Co., Bolsheretsk...... 1 6,000 WE 5.5. tek feos = Saas PASC Beata 29, 000 
MINS Wet Cer: aan seat otter es oben ccicas LN Geace seelenacor ees tatceecee 7,000 |. 22. .0n<- 7, 000 
Nichiro Fishing Co. (Ltd.), Kamchatka 
RUT VEnee Wee eer ee tee. © ol eg! Ao | Ae 70h} es OSte lle, SLOT ISON |oeeaeeee 32, 209 
STE chy Cpe eS ee oe Sees 1 272) ok. San ra erates Hl Aare sore cig’ Wenge spam 2, 200 
Tsutsumi & Co., Ozernaya.............. DSO Sue SOU hc ace acl nee Soa c nt. 8 S005 cee neces 46, 600 
Hand-pack canneries, East and West 
POATICHSICA.. Se Hache aac ewe tee bac ac 2 EAOOO | peerss cates |Seaaetes 4,000 | 10,000 | 15,000 
PROLAREEee soo aoa cttwawnce cone eee 10 | 119, 703 3,334 | 28,191 | 92,781 | 10,000 | 254,009 
a Called “Pinks” in Siberia. b Includes 10, 80° cases one-half pound flats of 8 dozen each. 
The following table ° shows the pack ot canned salmon in Siberia 
from 1910, the virtual inception of the industry, to 1915, inclusive: 
: f , Egress Hump- 
Years. Springs. | Reds. Silvers. |‘‘Pinks.”’a ies. Total. 
Cases Cases. Cases. Cases Cases. Cases 
iT AS SAS ES LSE oe 8 ad SS ee en ee oe ee ee S 5, 500 2,500 2, OOOH EGS. Ja82 10, 000 
USE ea One Bee aan ean Sas ve eae anal Sisasee owen 15, 000 6, 000 45000),) << catenins 25, 000 
ae er eees ees se dt Sek sf Sia, A. fs eS 43, 500 18, 000 16,000: Sach eee st 77, 500 
TE Roe Eee Se oe aes pee Para 102, 900 7,000} 21,000 2,500 | 133, 400 
POTAG SEA She SII be Doge eae cheat Wes? Sao 85, 000 22, 500 27, 000 2, 000 136, 500 
enn Pc as wclue "pon dvetaacbocna 3,334 | 119,703 28, 191 92, 781 10, 000 254, 009 
LES Ree Sty fete oaae © A eae 3,334 | 371,603 84,191 | 162,781 14, 500 636, 409 
a Chum salmon are marketed under a “ Pink’? label. 
SALTING SALMON. 
By far the greater part of the salmon catch of Siberia is either 
pickled or dry-salted. This was the earliest commercial method 
initiated on the coast and has been followed for a number of years, 
mainly by the Japanese. The coast is dotted with concessions worked 
by Japanese, while there are large numbers in operation along the 
rivers, these being restricted to Russians. An idea of the extent of 
a From Pacific Fisherman Year Book for 1916, p. 44, 
bIdem., p. 39. 
