470 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
there from them. There are said to be plenty of fish around the island, 
but the owner of it claims the fishery right and refuses to allow the 
fishermen from the other islands to fish there unless they pay him 
for the privilege. 
THE FISHERIES OF KAUAI. 
There is little fishing prosecuted from this island, although the 
adjacent waters are said to teem with fish; but this is largely accounted 
for by the fact that the efforts of the islanders are devoted almost 
exclusively to sugar-cane growing, in which more money can be made 
than in fishing. The writer was informed by numerous white resi- 
dents that during the greater part of the year it was impossible to 
purchase fresh fish at any price. Occasionally a few peddlers with 
horses and small carts make trips through the easily accessible por- 
tions of the island with the surplus catch of the fisheries. Those in 
the vicinity of the fisheries drive to them when they are in operation 
and thus secure a supply of fish, but as they are operated but a few 
months of the year, and frequently encounter bad seasons, owing to 
weather, etc., they can not be counted upon for a steady supply. 
Kauai is divided into five districts, Hanalei, Kawaihau, Lihue, Koloa, 
and Waimea. Waimea is the principal town. 
The natives predominate in the fisheries, followed by the Japanese, 
Chinese, and Americans in the order named. The bag-net tisheries 
employ the greater number of persons with 72, followed by the line 
fisheries with 64 persons. 
Table showing, by nationality, the number of persons using each form of apparatus i the 
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Sisheries of Nauai in 1900, 
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Hawaiian men .........-....---. 8 9 3 4 173)" 10 26 1 Fa se ong | 104 
Ea Wallan WOM CN en sess = eteseeerrs) seen a (eee. [ae (al Reodee Boseod osc (deocee, paoccc | 10 | 16 
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ROCRL S555 5.2 Soe ee ee ratte OF eelo 72 16 28 10 | 64 12 6 LOU 2207 
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The line fisheries yielded the largest returns of any of the forms of 
apparatus in use. The principal species taken in this fishery were 
ulua, uku, oio, and ulaula. The bag-net fisheries occupy second place, 
the leading species taken in them being akule and amaama. The 
seine, dip net, scoop net, gill net, spear, and hand fisheries follow in 
the order enumerated. 
