the non-resident trap-owner.
We will be more specific. First,
the extension of the prohibited area
from 200 yards to 500 yards from
the mouth of the creek affected only
the little resident fishermen. It
closed some places to their fishing
entirely, like Kockv Bay and Basket
Bav; BUT IT DID NOT AFFECT
THE TWO TRAPS AT THE ENT
RANCE TO BASKET BAY.
Second: O’Malley closed Tenekee In
let and Freshwater Bay. This affected
only resident seiners for the single
trap which was there closed simply
moved a little way down the coast
and coi tinued its work. Seines can
not be used in the open waters like
traps because either of rough water
or the fish don’t school there.
Third: O’Malley closed 38 bays to
fishing in the Ketchikan district
alone. This affects the little resi
dent fisherman entirely for seiners
are obliged to fish in the quiet wa
ters of our bays and channels. BUT
TRAPS ARE STILL MAINTAINED
AND ARE NOT CURTAILED. We
refer to Stanney Creek, aril many
others.
Fourth: O’Malley stops all fishing
in August just at the time when
the fish have passed the trap system
and enter waters where the resident
fisherman have a chance to catch
them. He seems to say, “My friends,
the non-resident trapmen have theirs.
Now let the fish get up to the
spawning grounds so that in two
years my friends the non-resident
trapmen can skim the cream again.”
Fifth: When O’Malley closed down
Lynn Canal at 58:40 N. he took
good care of the Eldred Rock trap,
the last good trap belonging to the
Rank of California, operating under
the name of the Alaska Consolidated
Canneries, managed by the notorious
Charlie Burckhardt. In conversation
with Mr. Paul, Mr. O’Malley said
that he “talked with Mr. Burckhardt
before fixing the dead line ,and Mr.
Burckhardt said that the Haines
people could fish below the point
indicated.”
mat is tne trouDie witn nenry
O’Malley. He talks and listens only
to men like Charlie Burckhardt,
once an innate of an insane asylum,
and takes their advice to the great
disadvantage of residents of Alaska.
IS OUR CRITICISM DESTRUCT
IVE?
We have a remedy which will
SAVE THE FISH and INCREASE
OUR PERMANENT POPULATION
(the only part that has decreased
is the White part). Here it is:
First: Abolish all fish traps.
Second: Increase the weekly closed
period to 48 hours.
Third: Protect spawning areas
against commercial fishing.
Fourth: Regulate seines and gill
nets to the point of inefficiency that
will guarantee sufficient escapement
of salmon to the spawning grounds.
IN CONTRAST—Did you ever
know Mr. O’Malley when he was
not locking the barn door after the
horse was stolen ? The latest is
this: O’Malley still permits herring,
a good food fish, to be ground up
for fertilizer at the rate of over
FIFTY MILLION POUNDS PER
MONTH.
“How long! How long, Oh Lord,
will You leave us to the mercy of
these bureaucrats, be he the great
Hoover, or the greater Henry O Mal
ley!”
HERRING INVESTIGATION
BY EARL HUNTER
Earl Hunter, assistant agent for
the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries in
Southeastern Alaska, made an in
vestigation among the herring pack
ers of the charges of waste recently
brought against this industry. He
came back, and reported that the
charges of waste were not sup
ported by the facts. He also re
ported that “all the herring brought
to the herring plans were being
utilized.”
Mr. Hunter goes on *o say, ac
cording to press reports, that “the
responsible representative element ui
the communities visited by the par
ties expressed the opinion that the
charges had been made to foster the
purposes of the anti-capital group,
and placed no credence in them.
There seemed to be a very general
belief that they were largely de
signed for political effect.” We will
make the following statement and
charges against Earl Hunter, and
assign our reasons:
First: That Fan Hunter is evad
ing- the question when he makes the
statement, “That there is no waste
s'nce he found that all herring was
being utilized.”
The grinding of herring into fer
tilizer IS WASTE.
The truth of the matter is, that
Earl Hunter, with the rest of his
bosses, is shutting his eyes to
the destruction of Alaska herring,
which is a food fish. If the editor
of this paper were given the offi
cial support of money and com
fortable cruisers he could easily se
cure proof that the ten fertilizer
plants in Southeastern Alaska were
destroying the food fish known as
herring in enormous quantities.
He would also prove that the salt
ing operations of every plant is pure
bunk, and that the major operations
of every plant is the grinding of
herring into fertiliser, with the in
cidental manufacture of oil.
We repeat the challenge, that if
we were given the same opportunity
to investigate the waste of herring
that Earl Hunter has we would
prove the case so completely that no
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BEN SIMPSON
Metlakatla, Alaska
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