258 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
Haul seines of varying lengths and depths are used in connection 
with the more important river fishing stations. 
Along the coast the Japanese use a floating trap net somewhat 
similar to the type used in Alaska, also haul seines and a few gill nets. 
ABUNDANCE OF SALMON. 
It is exceedingly difficult to secure even approximate statistics 
of the Siberian catch of salmon, owing to the wide extent of coast, the 
totally inadequate means of transportation preventing close super- 
vision, the presence of so many foreigners who go directly home with 
their catches at the end of the season, and the crude system of control 
in operation by the authorities. 
The following table shows the catch of salmon in the four districts 
for the year 1898: 
District. Spring. Summer. | Autumn. 
INTOlRGV SK ee ore heer ose ete se oe ee ee ae ee eae | nec te fae 7, 464,896.| 4,685, 480 
Okhotsk Pere peed Wee SE Te eae ee ee et ee ee ee | 60, 000 873, 000 2, 662, 000 
Kamen tka soe msrp See see Ban ee en Ss cae i a ee oc eee | 1,067,000 316, 950 665, 500 
Sakhalins site. ci. Ee Aaa cite dee een ee Re aera hee 666, 000 635, 000 748, 000 
Ot os ccs as ccewcs Socea aeeee eee See rane omens aeieeeGeeeereene | 1,793,000 | 9,289,846 8, 760, 980 
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In the Anadir district the catch in 1909 was as follows: Cape 
St. Michael, 91,616; above Cape Neuman, 8,234; Anadir River, 
150,746; Anadir River estuary, 9,864; Hanchelar River, 6,121; 
Cape Observation, 270,000; total, 536,581. The catch by natives 
and small Russian fishermen is estimated at about 3,000,000 and 
500,000 fish, respectively. In addition to this, 130 barrels of caviar, 
weighing 14 tons, were prepared, and there were 20 tons from Cape 
Observation. 
According to the statistics of the Fisheries Control, the catch of 
salmon in the Amur River in 1910 was as follows: Spring salmon, 
7,701,344; summer salmon, 21,384,549; autumn salmon, 9,546,254; 
in all, 38,632,147. Of this number 34,649,025 fish were marketed 
and the balance consumed locally. Japan bought 23,228,481 fish, 
valued at $473,800; the balance was valued at $681,345. In addition 
there were 4,766,784 pounds of salmon caviar, valued at an average 
price of $0.114 per pound, totaling $543,413, which brings the total 
value of the salmon catch and by-products up to $1,698,558. During 
the same year, in Peter the Great Bay, 8,263 salmon were caught. 
The number of salmon caught in eastern and western Kamchatka 
and in the bays and rivers in this region not included in the Fishing 
Convention, and at the Russian river stations, in 1911, was as follows: 
Western Eastern River Bays and 
Species. Kam- Kam- Sinan river Total. 
chatka. chatka. 3 outlets. 
Chavitchi(king)fco, chen theres ee 5, 421 7,818 207 590 14, 036 
Kretal(Ghutit)i cen ce ec bon oe ied Se ga 3,082,300 | 2,675,000 297, 300 890,790 | 6, 945,390 
Krasnaia; (red) ¥2o. 8. oe Es eS 2, 136, 800 747, 000 689, 000 236, 240 3, 809, 040 
Garbusha (humpback)... -2.-$22-..2. 440 39, 448,500 | 1,411,000 | 1,320,200 175,980 | 42,355,680 
Kaishutcbe(coho) masses eness ete ee cee 327, 200 179, 000 114, 200 7,770 628, 170 
MOtale A) doh ioc ists ee ee Re 45,000,221 | 5,019,818 | 2,420,907 | 1,311,370 | 53, 752,316 
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