FISHING IN THE PRIAMUR DISTRICT OF SIBERIA. LY 
The catch in 1913 was made into the following products: 
Bee, BANCO PulIeseR UICC DGS Pees ct. OF a6 top a ee ce Skies nes ase oaks can 79 
Cayiat, Wuucsing tenCOe een eee No emo ue. SNE See eke eee 22 
Bish; dry-salted tor Japanese: markets!) 0. fees. Ss Pe oe 274 
ERpretee CaP ebamerece tae fhe es kee ose? WE! SO OU ilk SLO, UI 274 
UNE Ey rte URES 9 So Ae Rie ae ees SNe 8 Pe eee Re 38 
SBOE AO ANG RO NUGER REE kicia yt. dice crepe: Sects exch ee heres oe bid ees = bee bids 3 
Pa eteare Sages cece ee oe more ee Cale re ERE Tok abet cia e's Me wwe eve die 690 
OKHOTSK-KAMCHATKA DISTRICT. 
The northern waters of the Priamur, including the above-named 
district, are still dominated by Japanese fishermen. The Russo- 
Japanese Fishing Convention of 1907 opened the doors of this dis- 
trict to them, and in these waters they are far better equipped than 
the Russian fishermen. A fair knowledge of the fishing grounds was 
already at the disposal of Japanese fishermen, because Japanese 
schooners were in the habit of visiting and fishing in these waters long 
before such rights were explicitly granted to them. They also had at 
their command a large force of good, experienced, and cheap labor, a 
large sailing fleet, cheap credits, and ready markets at home. 
The Russians, on the contrary, were very much handicapped; the 
waters were entirely unknown to them; they had no workmen, no 
fleet, no credit, no capital, and no market but the Japanese. Nat- 
urally, under such circumstances, the Russians had to begin in a very 
moderate way and principally at places outside the conventional 
area, in rivers and closed bays which were visited by the Volunteer 
Fleet steamers. Further development of Russian fishing in these 
waters could progress but slowly. Some progress was made, but the 
full “‘ Russification” of the industry in these waters is a question for 
the remote future. 
Since 1907 the progress of Japanese fishing can be seen in the in- 
creased number of fishing stations, the larger number of workmen at 
the stations, and the replacement of the sailing fleet by steamers. 
The present general appearance of the Japanese fishing station is 
just the same as in the past—temporary bamboo structures covered 
with matting, and the method of salting is the dry-salting process 
under the open sky, without washing the fish. Only at places where 
there is a good run of red, or sockeye, salmon is there an increase of 
canned products, which are prepared merely with salt and without 
spices, and a correspondingly better equipment of the outfits. 
The bulk of the products prepared by the Japanese is sold in Japan 
and China. Of the canned salmon some is consumed in Japan and 
some is exported to England; no goods are prepared for the Russian 
market. 
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