COMMERCIAL FISHERIES OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



749 



Arcn in acres. 



I&land of Kauai — Continued. 



* Nameless fish pond, in Lihue. 



* Nameless fish pond, in Lihue. 



* Nameless fish pond, in Hanalei. 



* Nameless fish pond, inHanamaulu, arou small. 

 Island of .Vmii: 



Kanaha' Pond , near Kahului , not used S7 



Mokuhinia in Laliina, mostly filled up, not used. 11.1 

 Nameless pond, in Waiokama, near the last, not 



used 1 



Puuolu, in Pan wain, Koolau, used as lioe field... 1.5 

 JHand of Hawaii: 

 In Hilo: 



Nameless pond, in lower part of Kukuau n 



Waiolama Pond, in lower part of Kukuau 10 



Nameless pond, In lower part of Kukuau, tilled 



with water hyacinth. 

 *Hoakimau, in Waiakea 1.9 



* Waiakea, in Waiakea 25. 5 



Island o/J/moaii— Continued. Area in acres. 



In Hilo — Continued, 



*Mohouli, in Waiakea 4.5 



*Kalepolcpo, in Waiakea 1.5 



* Waihole, in Waiakea 5 



* Kanakea, in Waiakea, sea pond 2 



*Lokowaka, in Waiakea, sea pond, almost as large 



as Waiakea. 

 In Puna: 



Name not known al Waiakolea IR 



Ponds at Kapoho sunk bv subsidence of the coast 

 in 1868. 



Ibukapu, in Kula 3. .^ 



In North Kona: 

 Paalea Pond, in Hanianamana, tilled up by Java 



flow of 1801. 

 Pond in Klholo, filled up by lava flow of 1859. 

 Kaloko Pond, near Kailua, partly tilled with lava. 50 



XdTE.— I am esi>ecially indebted U 

 assistance in preparing this list. 



*l'scd commercially. 

 Prof. W. D. Alexander, superintendent of the coastsurvey, Honolulu, for valuable 



Owners of ponds rarel}^ have much to do with the practical working of them, 

 usually leasing them to Chinese. Most of the ponds on Oahu are controlled by two 

 Chinese merchant firms in Honolulu, who work in close harmony. They take partic- 

 ular care that the Honolulu market shall never become overstocked with amaama 

 and awa, and are thus able to conimand almost any price the^^ please during certain 

 seasons of the year when amaama are not to be had elsewhere. The effect of this is 

 felt severe!}' by the white population, who are the principal consumers of the amaama. 

 The maintenance of private ponds should be encouraged as much as possible, as the}^ 

 are of great assistance in keeping up a regular supply of certain species at all seasons 

 of the year. 



The tables following show% for the year 1900, by islands, the number and nation- 

 alit}" of the persons emplo3^ed, the number and value of the fish ponds and boats, the 

 number, kind, and value of apparatus employed in the ponds, the catch by species, 

 and the catch bv apparatus and species, together with the values of same. 



The island of Oahu leads in every particular, having 74 fish ponds, valued at 

 1^1-1:8,850, and emplo3ang 112 persons. The total investment for the island is $150,761. 

 Molokai is second, Avith 15 ponds, valued at $11,1:^5, ^7 persons employed, and a 

 total investment of $11,709. Kauai and Hawaii follow in the order named. The 

 total investment in the pond fisheries for all of the islands is $168,943. 



The total catch for Oahu is 560, 283 pounds, valued at $139,714; Molokai is 

 second, with 91,919 pounds, valued at $22,980. The total catch for all the islands is 

 682,464 pounds, valued at f 167, (HI, of which 485,531 pounds, worth $119,202, are 

 ama-ama. 



The gill net is the leading form of apparatus used, yielding 404,537 pounds, 

 valued at $97,819. Dip nets, seines, and scoop nets follow in the order named. 



