almost throughout the season.
In all but a very few cases,
nothing mere than poor wages
were earned and profits gener
ally vanished.
Happily enough, there were
few fata-ities or serious casual
ties during the season. There
were no fatalities on Canadian
ooats and but a few on Ameri
can. Some half a dozen fishing
vessels, evenly divided between
the American and Canadian
fleet, were lost through burning.
Happily, there was insurance
coverage in all cases.
Weather conditions on the
banks, taking it as a whole, were
probably belter than average.
The Seattle schooner Paragon
landed the most fish of any
single boat at Prince Rupert
during the season, bringing in
275.000 pounds in six trips. The
Mitkof was second for the A
merican , fleet with 206,000
pounds in five trips and the
Senator third with 165,000
pounds in five trips. The Eastern
Foint led the ueet for number
of fares landed at Prince Rupert
during the season, having
brought in twelve catches for a
total of 45,900 pounds of fish.
The Bonanza and Takoma were
second in number of catches
landed, bringing in 143,500
pounds and 146,000 pounds res
pectively of fish in eleven trips
A number of boats brought in
ten trips.
The Cape Beale brought in the
most fish of any individual ves
sel in the Canadian fleet. Her
season’s catch was 237,000
pounds in seven trips. The
Lysekil ran a close second with
203.000 pounds in ten trips while
the Livingston was third with
187,500 pounds in fifteen trips.
The Viking I made the most
trips, sixteen for a total of 116,
000 pounds. The Ternen and the
Livingston each made fifteen
trips for totals of 109,100 and
137,500 pounds respectively.
Scarcity of fish' brought down
the average poundage per trip
The Cape Beale had the highest
average per trip for the Cana
dian fleet-33,880 pounds per trip.
The Takla was next with aver
age of 31,000 pounds per trip
and the Covenant third with
21,123 pounds. For the American
fleet, so far as landings at
Prince Rupert were concerned,
the Trinity was first with 66,500
pounds, Doric, second with 48, -
750 pounds and the Paragon
ini id with 45,633 pounds.
-A
PROPOSED HALIBUT
BRANCH OF NORTHERN
B. C. FISHERMEN’S ASS’N
Ca na cl iim Fisherma n
Halibut fishermen present at
a meeting in the I.J.oose Kali,
Prince Rupert, on December b
by a two-thirds majority voi.e
approximately decided in favor
cf joining up with the Northern
British Columbia Fishermen's
Association.
The proposal is that a halibut
branch cf the Northern B. C.
Fishermen’s Association be
formed, this branch to have its
own autonomy and the power to
dictale its own affairs. In the
event < f the salmon fishermen’s
branch having trouble of aov
kind, the halibut branch would
not necessarily be involved. By
uniting, however, it was felt
that there would be mutual
benefits in many directions.
It was also decided to ascer
tain the views of the Canadian
Halibut Vessel Owners’ Associa
tion in regard to such an affilia
tion. At present, the official or
ganization of the halibut fisher
men is the Deep Sea Fishermen’s
Union.
The fishermen’s meeting also
passed three resolutions which
were, in substance, as follows:
First; demanding that the
Minister of Fisheries take action
following his statement on the
floor of the House of Commons
last summer t?hat a round table
conference would be held with
a view to having the two-cent
duty on Canadian fish entering
the United States removed.
Second; endorsing representa
tions which have been made re
questing the removal of the poli
cy of attachment of Japanese
fishing licences to certain can
neries.
Tnird; denouncing the ruling
of the provincial government
that, in arbitration of disputes
between fit hermen and opera
tors, a,sro nations will not be
permitted to represent the fisli
eimen on such board of arbitra -
tion but insisting that individual
fishermen must re pa cot such a
board, citing an individual can
nery, and censuring Hon, S. I..
Howe, provincial commissioner
of fisheries, for having shelved
ifnuil near the end of the season
his decision on the matter of an
arbitration board on sockeye
pH cos which had been requested
of him by the gill-netters branch
cf the Fishermen’s Association
at the opening of last season
D. S. F. U. Statement
In an official statement fol
lowing the above meeting, J, M.
Morrison, Prince Rupert agent of
the Deep Sea Fishermen’s
Union, declared that of some
520 halibut fishermen in Prince
Rupert less than fifty were pre
sent at the meeting. Of twenty
seven halibut fishermen who
had voted in favor of affiliation
with the Northern B. C. Fisher
men's Association, Mr. Morrison
declared that two had not been
members of the Deep Sea Fish -
ermen’s Union for ten years or
mere and none whatever who
voted in favor of the affiliation
were at present members of the
Deep Sea Fishermen’s Union.
Mr. Morrison further stated