24 FISHING IN THE PRIAMUR DISTRICT OF SIBERIA. 
Japanese caviar, 137 tons. ‘The total output in 1912 was 15,663 tons, 
and in 1911, 16,388 tons. 
All canning factories in this district are located in the neighbor- 
hood of the Kamchatka River. One belongs to the Russian firm, 
Denbigh & Co., and the others to Japanese. Denbigh & Co. operate 
two excellently equipped power canning plants with American mod- 
ern machinery, and during 1913, 1914, and 1915 they packed salmon 
as follows: 
Years. Sockeye.| Coho. Chum. Aura; King. Total. 
Cases Cases. Cases. Cases Cases. Cases 
US Pet's i pet ey AE Sy etl aap Dat See re 33, 000 10, 000 98 :000)\))2.. 2. odanela cen eee , 000 
TOMAEY EOE FANN ce ele DUNG Liga Ret 41, 203 11, 253 $9103 le pyrdicwse YS Ze ee eee 71,559 
12 Ae aU a, Sem eo Sl OR el ee sh 36, 763 26, 176 39, 426 1, 441 20 103, 826 
SOUTHWESTERN DISTRICT. 
This district covers the waters from the southern boundary of the 
Amur River estuary (the line between Capes Lazaref and Pogibi) 
down to the Chosen frontier, including Vanina Bay, Imperial Harbor, 
Peter the Great Bay, and other bays. The total length of the shore 
line is about 1,350 miles. 
This district may be divided into two principal parts: The north- 
ern, from Lazaref-Pogibi line to Cape Povorotni, which, with the 
exception of various bays, includes the conventional waters; and 
the southern part, composed of Peter the Great Bay and Posiet Bay, 
both of which are excluded from the conventional waters. 
In the northern part the fishing stations are rented on the public- 
tender basis, and the great majority of the station owners and work- 
men are Japanese. Chum and humpback salmon are caught to some 
extent, especially the latter, but the principal fish is herring. The 
spring herring is made into fertilizer by the Japanese, and some fish 
oil is extracted. During the past three to five years the Tartar 
Straits fishermen have begun to salt herring in a very crude way, 
and the product commands a rather low price. The principal group 
of herring-fishing stations begins to the north of Imperial Harbor, 
about Datta Bay, and continues 50 to 60 miles to the south. 
In the southern part there is a wider range in the varieties caught, 
viz: Crabs, shrimps, oysters, trepang, and sea kale. In this section 
fishing is exclusively in the hands of Russian subjects, who fish dur- 
ing the entire year. 
Peter the Great Bay chiefly supplies the Vladivostok market with 
fresh and frozen fish, crabs, shrimps, etc., and during the spring run 
of herring large quantities, fresh and mildly salted, are shipped to 
Chosen, Japan, and China. It supplies Vladivostok with herring, 
bass, carp, flounders, trout, and chum and humpback salmon, 
