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Alaska Fisherman
VOL. 6. NO. 6
JUi Y, 1929.
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xf the truth were told the Public would be iu
turmed that most business houses in Southeastern
/Vasira are insolvent and facing- bankruptcy.
The Seattle Wholesalers are worried.
Wh\ should this condition be with Henry
O’Mailcy as autocrat of our fisheries.
Alaska, is suffering from the ill-advised regu
lations of uiuv O’Malley. He has closed our
streams and afl arras where Alaskans can catch
fish. t*e has discovered that our fishermen can
catch fish in the straits by fastening one end of
the seine to line snore, so he has prohibited that.
And yet the fish trap is nothing but a hook
but no restriction is placed on them.
O’Malley has stopped our troilers from fishing
during January, February, March and from August
2-H.h up to October 1st after which weather condi
tions make fishing impossible.
O’Malley still keeps the seasonal closing so the
time will come when no fish will run except during
the oh;- cd ; oa «<m because that is the only fish that
are protected.
Only two things are increasing in Alaska un
der O’Malley’s regime—fish traps and patrol boats.
If I had charge of our fisheries, I would in
crease the population of Alaska by 25,000 in five
years.
Under the O’Malley system, O’Malley has lost
15,000 in population.
-Viiliam L. Paul.