Show 1 SEEK MORE MO E FISH TO CAN AN Increasing Demand D and for Product Hat Ilas Led to Inquiries as to Where It Can Be Had There Is a perpetual and IncreasIng Increasing increasing ing- ing demand for Cor canned fish of or all sorts The he utilization of ot the dogfish or ns as It Is more politely called has added to the opportunities ties tics of or the eastern canners but those on the Pacific coast are ure looking to the westward for Cor a still further supply The yellow and blue fin tunu tuna known as ns the horse hors ma mackerel when they appear appear ap ap- pear In eastern waters the dolphin and und bonita are plentiful In Hawaiian Ha waters and Pacific coast CORst canners are ure making inquiries ns as to the possibility of securing a catch large Jarge enough to warrant the establishment of canneries canneries can can- on the Islands The commercial fisheries of Hawaii a are e almost exclusively In the hands of the Japanese A few years a ago o othey they formed small companies to operate operate operate oper oper- ate propelled hand sampans These brought the fish to the Hawaiian markets markets mar mar- where the catch was sold at tion The gasoline boats bonts have taken the place of or those propelled h by oars or sails and md the these e have a steaming radius of or a thou thousand and miles They are equipped with Ice chambers so that the fish may be kept from four to six sir days Large corporations have been formed One company controls Japanese bouts and another 40 The tuna at present prices retailing at 10 to 20 cents a u pound Is too costly to i permit of canning with profit The bonita sells at at- 3 cents or less and antI might be u used ed to advantage as us It Is very plentiful There is also a little sardine fish that Is taken In great numbers The establishment of United States garrisons garrisons garrisons gar gar- at or 01 near Honolulu has greatly Increased the demand for fish but no survey has yet been made which determines whether canneries cnn can be made commercially profitable |