Protest Yukon Fisheries
Regulations
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Another protest was received
the past week by the Delegate
against the proposed regulation
that would permit the taking of
50,000 king salmon in each sea
sen from waters outside the Yu
kon River Delta. As the Com
missioner of Fisheries has prac
tically decided to try out the
expqriment as proposed, the let
ter received from Alaska was re
ferred to Mr. O’Malley for an
swer, and among other things he
wrote the protestant:
“The objective in this matter
is to give the comparatively few
Eskimos who live in the Yukon
Delta section some opportunity
to add to their present very
meagre sources of income. They
are practically destitute and un
doubtedly would be helped by
the contemplated commercial
fishing activity. There has
been some opposition to the pro
posed regulation but it seems
to be based upon the misconcep
tion that salmon canneries will
be established by outside inter
ests in the Yukon River region.
The only activity contemplated
would be salting or mildewing
operations which would be con
ducted by local residents of the
lower Yukon region.
“The Eskimo and Indian resi
dents of the Yukon region do
not favor king salmon as food
for themselves or their dogs.
They prefer the other species of
salmon for this purpose. As a
matter of fact, these natives
make little effort to catch king
salmon.
“It is of interest to note that
the demand for dried salmon for
dog feed during the winter
months in various places along
the Yukon has declined sharply
in the last year or two because
c f the greatly increased use of
airplanes. The mail carriers
and others were formerly among
the chief purchasers of salmon
as food for their deg teams, hut
this very much slower means of
transportation has given way
more and more to airplanes,
which in about two or three
hours can cover a distance re
quiring practically a week by
dog team.
‘‘If after one season’s trial the
new .regulation proves det”i
mentfl to the inhabitants cf
Alaska it will be rescinded. Un
der no circumstances do we want
to woik a hardship on anv of
the people of Alaska; it is our
earnest purpose to be of assist
ance whenever possible. It is
hoped that so f ir as the fisher
ies are concerned, this will set
at rest any apprehensions which
you may have in respect to the
welfare of residents of the Yu
kon region.”
FACK IS LARGER
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An increase of 6 percent is
noted in the Alaskan salmon
pack thru August, as compared
with thD same period last year,
and fhe gain will be further
augmented by fall fishing, ac
cording to Lewis Radcliffe, de
puty commissioner of the com
merce department’s bureau of
fisheries.
A fr^fr'iTTo climate of the
pack for t?)e 1931 season to
August 31 has been made by the
bureau’0 3e~''■Ilo office, in co
operation with, the Association
of Pacific Fisheries. The total to
that date was 5,335,451 cases, as
against 4.339,500 cases in 1930
to August 31 and 5,032,326 for
the entire season of 1930.
It is of interest to note that
the output of red salmon in 1931
is almost double that of the pre
ceding year and also shows a
fair Increase over the average
for the five-year period.
Companies Charged
For Impure Salmon
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Criminal complaints, charging
violations of the pure food and
drug act in that they shipped
“putrid and decomposed” salm
on from Alaska in 1930, were
filed today in Federal Court by
Cameron Sherwood, assistant
United States attorney, against;
Henry J. Emard, operating as
Fmard Packing Company, and
lngolfer Iwessen, as the Iwessen
Packing Company.
The complaint charges that in
the season of 1930, salmon pack
ed and shipped by these com
panies were condemned; that
the packers failed to appear at
the hearings set by the Bureau
of Pure Food and Drugs to show
cause why they should not be
charged with criminal violation
of the Federal statutes.
CURTIS RUMORED AS CZAR
OF OIL INDUSTRY SOON
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Described by him as “pure
nonsense,” a new report that
Vice President Curtis will retire
soon to private life has been in
jected into conjecture about his
future plans.
The Tulsa, Okia., worm in
sists that the second ranking
official of the government might
resign to become czar of the
American oil industry. In the
face of his denial the newspaper
persists in its assertion that its
information is both “direct and
reliable.”
The Vice President will resign
“before Christmas,” it said, if
the American Petroleum Insti
tute approves the plan at its an
nual meeting next month.
To the above Mr. Curtis has
made emphatic denial.