FISHING IN THE PRIAMUR DISTRICT OF SIBERIA. 21 
The catch of the river stations was utilized as follows: 
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Fish canned! for Baropenn markets 9) PAGO ALO Oe 105 
Hishydryrsalted: tog Japamesemarket.: i282. Suh. Ru te Meee te steicce lee eee 840 
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4,010 
King | Chum | H¥™P- | sockeye | Coho | Dolly 
Varden 
salmon. | salmon. Salsvion: salmon. | salmon. trout. 
Number. | Number.| Number. | Number. | Number. | Number. 
Duda LAISUATIONS yo cike Sota eee seen eee ae 3,000 | 246, 000 930,000 | 480,000 3, 000 71, 000 
1913, SISTA ONS iacccemprsea tae ks ue aeeets 4,196 |} 373,812 | 1,842,090 226, 653 33, 195 99, 690 
The fish from this district are gradually attracting the attention of 
buyers. The improvements in the equipment of fishing stations 
warrant preparing a better product and thereby diminish the de- 
pendency of the district upon the Japanese market. 
In 1913 Schelohoff Bros., of Astrakhan, Suvoroff & Sons, of Odessa, 
Yasikoff, of Petrograd, and Kapeikin, a large Siberian fish dealer, 
made liberal advances of money to the fishermen in order that they 
might prepare the catch in accordance with the Russian method, and 
some of them commissioned their own specialists to superintend 
the preparation. It is only natural that under such conditions the 
district will gradually become independent of Japanese buyers. In 
1911, out of 3,595 tons of fish products, 2,095 tons, or 58 per cent, 
were shipped to Japan; in 1912, of 2,831 tons, 835 tons, or 30 per cent; 
whereas in 1913, of 4,010 tons, only 845 tons, or 21 per cent, were 
shipped to Japan. 
There were 12 canneries in the district in 1913, of which 2 were 
river stations, viz, Eckerman’s on Polana River and Maynard’s on Kol- 
pokava River. The best canneries are well equipped with modern 
machinery and are run by a J apanese firm, which is backed by an 
English concern. 
In 1913 the canneries on the coast produced 41,186 cases of canned 
salmon, and 4,208 cases were packed at river stations. 
The largest cannery is located on the Osernaya River. The shore 
property is valued at $100,000. There are 120 white, 30 Japanese, and 
40 Korean employees. The company runs one transporting vessel 
of 2,200 tons valued at $150,000, one power fishing boat of 400 tons 
valued at $20,000, and eight lighters. The apparatus consists of 
two 250-foot haul or beach seines. In 1915 the catch was 60,000 
sockeye, 500,000 humpback, and 75,000 chum salmon. The product 
was 5,200 cases (48 one-pound flat cans per case) of sockeyes valued 
