PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. 955 
district, and at present is of little importance. In 1913 there were 
14 stations on the island and they produced chum and humpback 
salmon. 
Okhotsk- Kamchatka district.—The Okhotsk section covers the 
coast line of the northern part of the Okhotsk Sea from Port Ayan 
to Penjin Promontory, about 1,620 miles. Chum, humpback, coho, 
and red salmon, and Dolly Varden trout are found here. The West 
Kamchatka section includes the coast line from the Sopotshnaya 
River down to the southern Ozernof shore fishing stations, a distance 
of about 335 miles. The Ozernaya River is, so far as known, the 
only river in this section that the red salmon visit in any quantities. 
In 1913 there were 152 fishing stations in this section, most of which 
were leased to Japanese. The number has since been increased. 
All five species of salmon and the Dolly Varden trout are found here. 
The East Kamchatka section covers the coast line of eastern Kam- 
chatka and Anadir Peninsulas, about 1,843 miles. The majority 
of the fishing stations are concentrated around Karaginsky (Count 
Litka) Bay, in the straits from the Malo-Voyam River to Kitchigin 
River, about 135 miles long, and in the region of Kamchatka River. 
All five species of salmon and Dolly Varden trout are taken here and 
most of the canneries are located here and in the West Kamchatka 
section. 
Southwestern district—This district covers the waters from the 
southern boundary of the Amur River estuary (the line between 
Capes Lazarev 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. The northern 
part,from Lazarev-Pogibi line to Cape Povorotni, with the excep- 
tion of various bays, includes the conventional waters, while the 
southern part, composed of Peter the Great Bay and Posiet Bay, 
are excluded from the conventional waters. In the first-named 
section chum and humpback salmon are caught to some extent. 
In the southern section chum and humpback salmon are taken and 
marketed fresh. 
Amur River—The Amur River is subdivided into two distriets— 
the Marinsk, or the Lower Amur, district and the Khabarovsk dis- 
trict. The first named includes the area from the village Troitskoe 
to the village Sophiskoe, or a tract about 278 miles long. The 
Khabarovsk district includes the river line from the northern bound- 
ary of the Maryinsk district up the river to Khabarovsk, about 127 
miles. Chum salmon form the bulk of the catch in this district. 
FISHERY RIGHTS AND REGULATIONS, 
Along the entire seacoast of Siberia, by virtue of the Russo-Japa- 
nese convention of 1907, concluded for 12 years, and, it is reported, 
with what truth we have no means of telling at present, renewed 
in 1919, the Japanese are permitted to engage in fishing on equal 
terms with Russians. In such sections there is no restriction 
with regard to the nationality of the laborers employed or the 
method of preparing the fish, except that the manufacture of fish 
manure from fish of the salmon variety is prohibited. On the face 
of it this convention looks like an equitable agreement, but in putting 
the Japanese on the same footing as the Russians it subjected them 
