490 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 
Frogs were introduced on this island about four years ago, and soon 
became fairly common in certain districts. In 1903 Mr. Francis Gay 
placed some near Makaweli, and Knudsen Brothers, of Kekaha, intro- 
duced them in their neighborhood early in 1904. 
The pond fisheries are included in the tables below, but more detailed 
information in regard to them is shown elsewhere in this report. 
In 1903 there were 314 persons engaged in the fisheries on Kauai, 
a gain of 107 over 1900. This gain is almost entirely among the 
natives, who increased from 120 to 237. ‘There are not many Japa- 
nese employed as yet. The number of Chinese fell from 34 in 1900 to 
19 in 1903. 
The total investment in the fisheries is $15,101. Since 1900 the 
number of seines has increased from 1 to 21, and gill nets from 14 to 
35. Bag nets and dip nets decreased in number, but the number of 
fish ponds decreased from 6 to 2. This does not mean that these fish 
ponds are abandoned, but that their owners obtained from them merely 
enough for their own wants, and consequently had no fish to sell, so 
that the ponds are removed from the commercial class for the time 
being. 
The total catch was 377,946 pounds, valued at $34,738, a decrease as 
compared with 1900. More than one-half of the catch was made with 
seines. 
The following tables show the condition of the Kauai fisheries in 
1903: 
Table showing by nationalities the gunber oh Denne engaged in the fisheries of Kauai in 
In shore 
fisheries. 
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Hawaiian men .......... 
Hawaiian women....... 
Japanese 
Table showing the boats, apparatus, fish ponds, and property used in the fisheries of Kauai 
in 1908. 
Item. Number. | Value. Item. Number. | Value. 
Nese 4 | | . 
Boats: : ssc Jooscs cbs heece scenes 71 | $4,880 | Apparatus—Continued: 
Apparatus: | Baskets (opae) ...........-- 16 $12 
SS GLMES |e nic cjoiaisiacieteiatetalessiateree/= a21 | 5,585 || READS! sd5 essence 13 185 
(Gillie ts eee ee ae b85 324 || Speats.. 1s: eh. hoe eee 4 8 
Bae nets>. ss ccssccemsccecis ci 2 300) || ish ponds2seeesceece eneane see 2 1, 900 
Cast Mets) sce cieeciieteaincieiecee 20 200 || Shore and accessory property..|.....-.--- 1, 550 
Dipmetspsssseeeeeeee- cece 12 24 |) SUES Enea 
PAN CS! iiednns suis foe sie oe sieleos| (ewer cece 133 || Totali.cx 2c /scc 2 cactceeeee ec eome cee ce 15, 101 
a 4,133 yards. : 61,009 yards. 
