The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-01-31
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with wide faring mouth, the bag running
to point at the end, could be worked
from the deck of a sail or steam vessel
In working It, long cables are attached
TO the sides OF the mouth and the trawl
dropped overheard while the vessel is In
motion. The trawl sinks to the bottom
and as the vessel moves forward it is
drawn along the bottom and scoops up
everything In It's path. When 1t has been
down a sufficient length of time. the
vessel is brought up into the wind, the
trawl raised to the deck where it is
emptied. and then dropped overheard for
another try.
Sharks are very destructive to nets
used in the deeper waters, and also eat
the fish out of them; but with the beam
trawl it would be impossible for them
to do any harm.
Pound nets made OF fine wire could be
used to advantage on the leeward side
OF the islands and in the bays Netting
could not be used. as the sharks and
larger fishes would tear it to shreds
while struggling to get in or out.
Fyke or hoop nets would probably
prove profitable In the bays and rivers,
They could be set and left without fur
Their attention until II was convenient for
the fisherman to raise them.
The high prices prevailing for many
species forms very noticeable feature
of the industry. In the Honolulu market
% cents per pound Is not an uncommon
price for some. while on certain of the
other islands even higher prices are real
lied Judging solely by this feature.
many persons jump to the conclusion
that fish are becoming scarce. but this
apparently Is not borne out by n close
investigation of the industry as a whole.
1t is but rarely that there Is a scarcity
OF fish in the markets. the principal COM
plaint in this regard coming from those
OBJ tIa- ina ell nd
where the fishermen are few In number.
such as on Kauai The most plausible
reason for the high prices Is that fishery
products have gone up In correspondence
with the other necessaries of life, which
are unusually high as compared with the
rest of the country. The great develop
ment of the sugar industry in the last
fifteen years, and the profitable prices
realized for the product, have caused
great boom in everything, particularly in
the wages paid to labor and the cost
of the necessaries of life has been raised
to correspond. 1t is very probable that
as things settle down to n more normal
condition the cost of fishery products will
be lowered to more nearly their proper
level. The Chinese and Japanese have
organized companies at several places to
monopolize the business, and these have
also been important factors In causing
the high prices.
LACK OF TRANSPORTATION.
, The methods of transportation between
points on the same island are rather
crude in many instances. while in others
the cost OF transportation Is practically
prohibitive so far as fishery products are
$ concerned, as result of which the sup
5 ply OF each place must be drawn largely
e from Its own immediate neighborhood
especially as ice is so expensive that 1t
cannot be used to preserve shipments for
~
roads on oahu and Hawaii has aided
I very materially In the matter of the
transportation OF fishery products Mt rea-
5 sonahle rates. Ehe steamer rates be-
] tween the various islands of the group
q are prohibitve at present, and as the
distances are too far for small boats
: there is no opportunity for the fishermen
- on one island who have an excess to ship
to another island where there Is n tenn
II porary scarcity. These problems will all
work themselves out as the means OF
Y transportation increase
= Immense quantities of canned sailed,
r smoked and dried fishery products such
@ as salmon. cod, skipiack, mackerel, her
q ring, sardines, shrimps. Holsters, oysters,
a clans, mullet. etc. are imported and
consumed by the people particularly on
the sugar plantations. AS these are In
many instances located In rather inac-
cessible regions where fresh fishery prod
ucts cannot be obtained at any price.
they are pertorce compelled TO depend on
the prepared goods for their supply
! The huhonic plague broke out In Homo
lulu In December, 1899, and lasted several
months. This proved a serious detrl-
, ment TO the sale OF fresh fishery prod
ucts, as II was thought by many persons
that the disease might be transmitted In
this way.
The three tables below show In con-
nv s1o hn
ployed, the boats, apparatus, fish ponds.
shore and accessory property, and cash
capital used In the business, and the
catch by species, together with the value
OF the same
The island OF Oahu leads all the others
in almost every phase OF the industry,
followed by Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, Molo-
kai, Lanai, and Niihau in the order
enumerated
The Hawaans predominate In the fish
cries, followed in the order named by
the japanese, Chinese, South Sea ISL
andc's peop'c from the Gilbert and Mar
qucsas islands,. Americans, Portuguese
and Germans. The shoresmen shown
were employed principally in the fish
markets. The total number of persons
employed was 2ie2, This does not in
clude those engaged in carrying on the
Wholesale fish trade of Honolulu and
IIio.
nv '''dl investment III lUe INDUSTRY,
! including the Wholesale trade. was $780,
al. The shore and accessory property
and cash capital employed in the whole
sale trade OF Honolulu and IIlo are in
cluded in this table.
SO far as quantity Is concerned, the
catch of akule was the most important,
but malolo leads in the value Of catch
Other leading species are amaama, ulua,
aku, oio, moano. kawakawa, opelu. opihi,
and ula. The total catch amounted to
,555 pounds, valued at sl,0Si.4Si