COMMERCIAL FISHERIES OF 
Table showing by islands, districts, apparatus, and species the yield of the pond fisheries of 
the Hawaiian Islands in 1900—Continued. 
Apparatus and species. 
THE HAWAIIAN 
Island of Kauai. 
Koloa district. | ‘Lihue district. 
| Lbs. | Value. Lbs. 
Value. 
Gill nets: 
PSTN AVI GD wpe tarelats co so S.< siesyonce 
ING), SH Pipe Geeta O Eee 
Apparatus and species. 
$345 | 15, 900 
70 | 3,914 
1,500 
415 | 21,314 
2, 385 | 
391 
150 
2,926 
Island of Molokai. 
Island of Hawaii 
(Hilo district). 
Seines: 
IATNRAMA)-1. So cis caseee eee ves 
PAW Bt ceye creche aioe wick ister 
Gill nets: 
INHOlEHOIE: thoes sess scicece 
J3NI DENTS CO oS Se eg aoe 
PAW Bilactave wisicisisiainie's steals, S:sse/eie 
Carpysscecs 26202 saec cuca 
Okubekuhe<222-) 22243 52: 
OOPUW see sisicreinse sss vids<s 3 
Opal Pen nee emeweas eebecese 
Motale re semen see ee ce 
Dip nets: 
PANTER OUINY Bley re tcietoats Sls ers crote ai 
POW seen iesaiseaivc aces 
Scoop nets: 
PAWTT EVAN A eita.a crc sic eniectoniecte 
AV WialWeralece Seisia seis Sew slsieiee’ss 
MOtalee res ee nah ens oe eee 
Grand totall--:.-2..:.2 
Value. 
ISLANDS. 
Waimea district. | Total for Kauai. 
Lbs. | Value. 
22, 980 
PREPARATION OF FISHERY *PRODUCTS. 
With the exception of a small quantity dried for their home use, 
and, on several islands, for market, the fishermen sell everything in a 
The Chinese and Japanese, however, buy consider- 
able quantities of fish from the fishermen and prepare these, usually 
Most of this work is done on Hawaii, the district 
of Kona being especially noted for its dried fish. 
The nehu, while one of the smallest of the many species found 
around the islands, is the one usually dried by the dealers. 
pieces of bagging are spread on ground and exposed to the full rays 
of the sun, and the nehu, in round condition, are laid on these to dry. 
When prepared they are placed in tubs and carried around the islands 
on carts, and are generally sold to the Chinese and Japanese for about 
25 cents per pound. 
The piha, a fish about the same size as the nehu, is frequently pre- 
fresh condition. 
ina dried condition. 
pared in the same way on Hawaii. 
F. C. 1901 
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