COMMERCIAL FISHERIES OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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The basket used in fishing for opae in salt and brackish water has a wide flaring 
mouth, gradually sloping toward the center, a few inches from which it suddenly 
branches off into what looks like a long circular spout inclosed at the extreme end. 
The size of the baskets varies. Holding the basket in the left hand the women wade 
out in an almost nude condition to a suitable spot, where they sink down until only 
the head is visible, and pushing the right hand under the rocks, drive the opae into 
the basket, which is so manipulated as partly to envelop one side of the stone. The 
mouth of the basket is closed by drawing the sides together and holding them in this 
position. The opae are then transferred to a gourd floating alongside, which the 
fisherwoman keeps attached to her by a rope tied around her neck. The women are 
expert in this method of fishing and rarely fail to make good catches. 
The hinai hooluuluu is used in hinalea fishing, and is a small basket made from 
the vines of the awikiwiki, a Convolvulus. After a light framework of twigs has 
been tied together, the vines', twigs and all, are wound in and out, round and round, 
until of the requisite size, 
3 or 4 feet in circumfer- 
ence and about li feet 
deep. Pounded opae in- 
closed in cocoanut fiber 
is occasionally placed at 
the bottom of the basket 
for bait, but usually the 
scent of the bruised and 
withering leaves seems to 
be sufficient. W omen al- 
ways attend to this kind 
of fishing. They wade 
out generally to small 
sandy openings in coral 
ground or reef, and let down the baskets, properly weighted to keep them in position, 
the weights attached in such a way as to be easily removed. 
Each woman moves some distance away from her basket, but to a point from 
which she can watch the fish enter it. When all the fish that are in sight have 
entered, the basket is taken up, the fish transferred to a large small-mouthed gourd, 
and fishing resumed in another place. This method can be used only on a calm sunny 
day and at low tide. 
Baskets made from the awikiwiki must be renewed from day to day. Some are 
made from the ieie vine, while still others have been made from the weeping willow 
since its introduction some years ago. These latter can be used over and over again. 
Sometimes these baskets are placed in fairly deep water, where stones are piled 
around them to keep them in position. For bait the wana (sea egg), with the shell 
broken to expose the meat, is put in it. The basket is left for a day or two before 
being taken up. 
The hinai uiui is used when fishing for the uiui (Platophrys panther inus), a small 
flat-fish, said to make its appearance at intervals of from ten, fifteen, to twenty 
