COMMERCIAL FISHERIES OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 485 
Table showing exports from the Hawaiian Islands of products taken oy the Hawatian 
whaling fleet from 1857 to 1880. 
: | sperm | Whale | Whale- | . rae | Walrus 
Year. Ri. oil: bone, | Sea! oll)" Every.) hides. 
Galls. Lbs. Galls. Lbs. Pieces. 
85 $339) Nice DTN OOD) |i sce nc | sects Nee en Se 
358 39300) 532 ese nc eae ech aN eee eee 
35 605480 | 27 2 4t)s o aes eee = 
TIGII ss a Ae eee RR een G87 948 IL SRNBAS We 27 K003 2 Bette hoon oak ean Eee eee 
TERE. La , 2OS ae e ete Se 2 9, 988 TC ee ATG eee Ieee Cee ee dee 2 
TERY. 3) oe ee Se 77 gto ShGOG lor sOoDale SUB eul eke coececleeae mee nee [ee as cae 
TSG) 5 J jek, See ee Renee oe 8,360 | 123, 023 AD AND «| eet oe al eh oe Seat 
TIGHSS <= Aa see ee ee ee Oe ONOSOM alta Ts |i 93 76s BE ken Semele eee iy eivon Bayes 
TRG = 2 hs ce ae ern eae | 44,968 46,218 BG SA0h Ree Saas A ee ee 
S67 ee kk te, Sete | 58 70,646 | 48,444 ].........2 15702062 eee 
ILS Ce | ae Oe oe a Oe eek eee Ae bal 58007 ATE SSD Ay ELL OGOM|E eaten eee eee cere ae Bete Sint A 
S60 Me pte iy, eRe el CESS I MPS. Oils 153 47351|\ ee SOsS4oa meee anes Wa = 95181 Gri eee tee oe 
1S7Oeee oe eee ee Ee a ee 8) 654 1) 1340167 | WOR 101 212222 eee 1D 7183) 152 
LS 7ierre steele. 25 te oss Ban eS a Le 4,867 | 140,319 OBE eee 582 | 450 
[hey Peak isd Sa Gee eee hem SEE SES) 98 | 23,083 238300) Recenter 3) 8042 | 2 hose eee 
57 | : 42, 306 US Le AG eee Perse ast | Beaters meee 
ASNGO5e|* wks 174i) yn seas Eee 25105979) |eaas eee eee 
ly 1818375 AT6055: | ose aos 90: 8144 | See nen 
| 33,518 SBSOGH [Leh oe ee hee heel ee ae 
186 DT DOTS ite oes oc Gee acces | eee 
8 7, 254 PAN S63) ce cera k Be eee ele eee ere 
TSA) 6 cto 3 OB DER COOP COREA Eon e hee eer leresteeeioers: Excretonsatapeyete SUG oc strane (eee poo eee 
| | 14, 662 TO O77 hoes AEN SITS fey ee ee hee 
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BAY WHALING. 
In addition to the vessel fishery for whales a number of persons 
engaged at various times in what was called ‘‘bay whaling.” The 
small humpback whales in the winter time would resort to the region 
between Lahaina and Kalepolepo Bay for breeding purposes. The 
sperm whales would also do the same to the leeward side and off the 
southern point of Hawaii, and also off the other islands at times. When 
a whale was sighted close to the shore parties would go out in small 
boats and attempt to capture it. If successful, the whale would be 
towed ashore, cut up, and the blubber tried out in rude try works. 
The first mention in the local newspapers of this fishery was the 
following, from the Polynesian, of Honolulu, May 20, 1848: 
Sperm whales are frequently seen near these islands, and several projects have 
been set on foot at different times to capture them. Mr. James Hough, of Lahaina, 
obtained a few months since a charter for the exclusive right of fishing for whales at 
Honuaula, on the island of Maui, and at length succeeded in capturing a sperm whale. 
In consequence of the difficulty experienced in ‘‘cutting in’? and getting the ‘blub- 
ber”? on shore, only about 30 barrels of oil were secured. This at the current rates 
here is worth about $800. 
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Maalaea Bay, on the north side of Maui, was frequently visited by 
sperm whales. According to several of the old inhabitants of Wailuku 
the natives used to kill whales in the bay quite often in the ‘‘ forties.” 
Whales would sometimes get stranded upon the coast. In June, 
1857, a young sperm whale, about 8 feet in length, was stranded on 
the beach at the mouth of the Waiole River, Hanalei Bay, Kauai. The 
natives secured him and floated him into the river, where he soon died, 
and his oil was then tried out. 
