FISHING IN THE PRIAMUR DISTRICT OF SIBERIA. 29 
district. In 1913 there were 39 free fishing stations in the district, 
allotted to 20 Russian and 19 native villages, and 3 commercial 
fishing stations. 
According to official reports 278,514 fish were caught in 1913, i. e., 
268,514 autumn chum salmon at the free stations and 10,000 at the 
commercial stations. About 154,000 fish were used for home con- 
sumption, the balance being sold fresh and salted in the neighboring 
markets. 
Sturgeon fishing is greatly developed in this district; about 4,623 
sturgeon, weighing over 34 tons, were registered in the 1913 catch, 
but the actual number is very much higher, as many fish were not 
registered. In addition to sturgeon, about 158 tons of pike, bream, 
carp, crucian carp, sheatfish, etc., were caught by the peasants. 
SUMMARY OF CATCH IN 1913. 
The total number of fish caught in the waters of the Russian Far 
East, and the quantity of product prepared there, in 1913, is as 
follows: 
NumBeER or FisH CauGar. 
Salmon. : 
pisiciots: Fa 71?) eal ELLEN RGEC GARETT (aD ath Herring. 
Chum. |Humpback.| Sockeye. Coho. trout. 
Mariins 
Nikolaievsk. ..... 
Southwestern 
50 6 3,19 035 
West Kamchatka....... 4, 468, 331 | 27,343, 537 | 1,521,276 | 101,471 | 104,750 100, 000 
East Kamchatka 7,519,272 | 3,271,592} 859,701 | 152,823 | 18,671 88, 740 
Mukals ¢-242.<0ehce 40, 989 | 33, 042,085 | 39,171,694 | 2,380,977 | 259,407 | 152,280 | 45, 603, 440 
Propucts PREPARED FOR MARKET. 
Salmon. Herring. 
Districts. PH ae 
European| Japanese |European| Japanese 
market. | market. | market. | market. 
Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. 
TE Pet GRR mc omeee a cris sees 
QB TO Se SPO TREE RN, | PK ta hae 
. 7, 204 fl EA 
31 533 784 1, 881 
101 277 38 274 
741 QSBT | seanenatcel|ceccn-com 
5, 331 37, 422 A ice eee 
4,180 21) 473 TD apes ease 
56,694 | 69,776 848 2,155 
