398 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
feed during the night they become entangled in the meshes of the net. 
The net is raised in the morning. 
Another method is to join a number of nets together, putting in the 
center the smallest mesh net of all. These are then placed on two 
canoes, which are rowed to the usual fishing-ground, which is generally 
not far from the shore. One man stands upright in order to more 
clearly see where the schools of fish are. As soon as a school has 
been sighted the boats ave paddled to the seaward of it, and when this 
has been accomplished, they begin paddling in opposite directions, 
paying out the net at the same time from each boat. After sweeping 
out a little way the boats are paddled to shore, hauling the net after 
them. The net is then hauled in, the various sections being removed 
as they are landed, like a seine, until it is about 50 feet from the 
beach. The fishermen then spring into the water and draw the two 
ends together, thus making a circle. One end of the net is,then pulled 
around until the end of a section is reached, when it is removed. This 
is continued until the fish are all inclosed in a small circle formed by 
the fine-meshed section. At certain fisheries the net is then anchored 
and the fish allowed to remain in it until they are wanted for ship- 
ment, when they are removed by means of a small seine, swept around 
inside of this improvised pound; and when the fish have been bagged 
in this they are removed by small dip nets. The principal species 
taken in this fishery are the oio (lady-fish), kala (hog-fish), nenue 
(rudder-fish), and large awa-kalamoho (milk-fish). 
A variation of this method is for the boats to move in a circle, and 
when they meet for one to pass inside of the other; and thus they keep 
on until there are several rings of netting around the fish. This is so 
that if they break through the inner ring they will surely-be caught 
in one of the other rings. After the school has been sufficiently 
encircled the fishermen jump into the inner circle and, beating the 
water with their canoe poles, frighten the fish into the nets, where 
they are meshed, 
Another method is to drop the nets ina half circle, with a man at 
each end to hold it thus. The other fishermen then make a wide sweep 
to the opposite side of the opening, from whence they begin advancing 
toward the net, beating the water violently with their arms, which 
drives the fish toward the net. When the beaters have advanced a 
sufficient distance the men holding the ends of the net advance toward 
each other with it. When they come together all the fishermen take 
hold, and the circle is gradually reduced as the net is hauled in and 
section after section removed. The fish which have become meshed 
are taken out of each section as it comes in. When the inner circle is 
small enough the fishermen remove those which are not meshed with 
dip nets. This fishing is done either in the day or night. 
When fishing for akule unusually long nets are frequently employed. 
At Hilo nets 208 fathoms long, 4 fathoms deep, with mesh of 4 inches, 
