-488 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 
THE FISHERIES OF KAHOOLAWE. 
This island, which is 6 miles west of Maui, has an area of 69 square 
miles and, like all of the others, is quite mountainous, its highest eleva- 
tion being 1,130 feet above the sea. It is devoted to sheep raising. In 
1900 the sheep herders employed on the island possessed a seine, which 
they used in catching a supply of fish for their own consumption, but 
as they had no surplus none were sold. During the year 1903 five 
Hawaiians and four Japanese operated two seines and caught 27,100 
pounds of fish, which they sold at Maui towns for $1,456. 
The following tables show the extent of the fisheries in 1903: 
Table showing the fishermen engaged, and the boats, apparatus, and shore property used 
in the fisheries of Kahoolawe in 1903. 
| 
Item. | Number. | Value. 
Fishermen: 
1S hihi Ghd Cleo oeaaaee a ooo ss Sooo aa Aen DneuneoonodsS SsoSecoadogd aon Caabedm=snadsasus D: « Srsckeserctens 
Japamese.......--------- eee eee ne eee eee tenet ee eee cee eee eee eee Ae Bere seats 
Myton w cniw cies ew 0 wee tos ow ale aie miles aie asta mto aie ale cinie wlofaia lores i= wimla = = ola ieee Qi Seerten 
‘ | 
Ite RE ner SRORDDOSEe tne ood aoneedeébeeseccdaos Gooues seen os dosc con tpocrcE casa oroanssaos 3 | $225 
Apparatus: 
RA rk Geen ae erode Dee ones Seppe -ceepeorsocdsonsodd se apscsoosuapSAeaaerere=se a2 250 
Shore and accessory property ...-----.--------- +--+ ++ - 2-2 rece eee ee eee eee eee eee eee 150 
U We) ¢7 be a ae Ro Obno tebe adam ecconUnedde ee sn Ser anasesnodcnencopognasseHoncs ete | Scooters 625 
a670 yards. 
Table showing by apparatus and species the yield of the fisheries of Kahoolawe in 1903. 
Seines. 
Pounds. | Value. 
Seines. 
Species. Species. 
Pounds. | Value. 
INKING ssetcoousasesaccapESnosce TS KOOO PLS OSOM|| IMLS eras; asacciete = stearate ara 200 | $28 
Gis AposerpasocueseacceasBsde 500 BOM Pals oc ae see eeee cee eo ee 100 5 
Tacnihiv ee saceeeoesoeseee eae 2, 000 100 ee ee 
Moa Onasepeebiciscciccse so -cisece 200 10 Motalse. eee seeeee esl eee LOO 1, 456 
IMOlne ee eneeosoccee ae ccorericcees 6, 100 183 
In January, 1904, Mr. Christian Conradt leased the island, and ex- 
pects to devote a considerable part of his energy and capital to the 
development of its fisheries. It is a favorite resort of many schools 
of choice fishes, and only the lack of good harbors and the refusal of 
the former lessees to permit outside fishermen on the island, or even 
to fish in the adjacent waters previous to the abrogation of the fishery 
rights in the islands, had prevented its development into an excellent 
fishing station. The present lessee will operate several seines on the 
beach and will have a net pen anchored in the little bay near the settle- 
ment, in which the fish will be retained until it is convenient to send 
them to Malaaea Bay, on Maui, on a gasoline launch. Owing to the 
number of sharks in the waters surrounding the island, it has been 
found necessary to have a net constantly stretched across the mouth of 
the bay to keep them away from the pen. 
