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FISHING IN THE PRIAMUR DISTRICT OF SIBERIA, 
Herewith is given a comparison of the working conditions of 
Russian and Japanese fishermen in Kamchatka: 
Russian FISHERY. 
1. The Russian fishing fleet is repre- 
sented by 4 motor schooners and 38 
steamers. 
2. No Russian. steamers are open for 
charter, and.in the present state of the 
local industry even a subsidized purchase 
of steamers is not profitable. 
3. Russian fishermen are bound by the 
schedule of the Volunteer Fleet, are un- 
able to increase their stock of provisions, 
etc., at will, and at times run the risk of 
not arriving in time or not being able to 
ship the prepared product. 
4, Delivery of fish cargoes, including 
discharging expenses, costs $8.40 to 
$10.50 a ton. 
5. Transporting workmen from Vladi- | 
vostok and return costs $8.65 each. 
6. Wages per season for workmen (5 
months) amount to about $100 per man. 
7. Equipping and running a station to 
catch 60,000 fish costs about $7,701.50. 
8. Delivery of product to Vladivostok 
costs about $8.40 per ton. 
JAPANESE FISHERY. 
1. The Japanese fishing fleet has 7,302 
sailing vessels, Japanese type, 396 foreign 
type, and 49 steamers. 
2. There are a great number of vessels 
in Japan, and the strong competition 
makes it easy to charter them on time or 
for the season. 
3. Having a schooner or steamer at his 
disposal, the Japanese fisherman. is 
always able to communicate with Hako- 
date, and runs no risk of not having his 
goods transported. 
4. The delivery of all cargo costs the 
Japanese not over $3 a ton. 
5. Transporting Japanese workmen 
costs $3 each. 
6. Wages per season for workmen are 
about $33.50 per man. 
7. Outfitting and running a station to 
catch 60,000 fish costs about $5,357.50. 
8. Delivery of product to Hakodate 
| does not cost more than $3 per ton. 
REGULATIONS GOVERNING FISHERIES. 
The method of leasing fishing stations for exploitation, as well as 
the regulations for exploiting, vary according to the local conditions. 
On the Amur River, within the limits of the Nikolaievsk, Mariinsk, 
and Khabarovsk districts, fishing stations are leased at public 
tender, written or oral. The placing of outfits for catching sturgeon 
only is permitted, except during the closed period, from the time the 
ice on the river breaks up to June 15-28, upon payment of a special 
ticket tax. For this purpose the supervisors of the districts make up 
a list of applicants for each district, and present it for ratification to 
the Priamur Department of Domains, after which public tenders 
are held in each district at the place of residence of the supervisor. 
Some of the stations are leased for long terms and some for one year. 
No foreign workmen are allowed at the stations located on the 
Amur River. In the estuary of the Amur River foreign subjects are 
allowed to prepare the fish only, but not to catch them; the latter is 
to be done exclusively by Russian subjects. Fishing is carried on 
only by means of ‘‘zaezdka,”’ a special kind of hedge made of poles 
with a trap arrangement at the end, or by means of throw nets. 
