"Big Seven” of Alaska
Packers Issue Statement
Alaska packers will make no ef
fort to have the fall salmon fishing
season, closed by Henry O’Malley,
federal commissioner of fisheries, re
opened. Instead they will gather
all information concerning the run
of the fish, when it started, the
size of it, the number of fish which
have reached or will reach jtlie
spawning grounds in the streams
and rivers of Southeastern Alaska,
the fish in the bays and straits and
the time that the peak of the run,
if ther© is a belated run reaches
the coastline.
This was decided at a meeting of
representative Alaska packers held
at the Olympic Hotel recently.
Thirty-five packers were represented.
The meeting was held behind clos
ed doors, and a special committee of
seven was named with H. B.
Friele, vice president of the Nakat
Packing Corporation, as chairman
to issue a statement relative to the
action taken.
Compare Notes
The packers met and compared
notes. The question of protesting
the action of Mr. O’Malley in clos
ing the fall season was not form
ally considered.
“That is a closed incident,” Mr.
Friele said. “Mr. O’Malley has an
nounced that the season is closed
That ends the question. The pack
ers did not discuss this phase of the
situation because it is something
not at issue at our meeting.”
lhe packers discovered that re
ports from their stations in north
ern waters were not unanimous.
Some stations reported salmon run
ning thirty days late. Others re
ported no fish.
With these reports before them,
the packers decided to notify their
Alaska stations to start gathering
the desired data so it would be
available for future reference in
case a similar situation ever con
fronts the Industry. i
CLOSING OF SOME HALIBUT
BANKS SUGGESTED TO
PREVENT DEPLETION
Deputy Commissioner of Fisheries
Says Situation in .North .Pacific
Causes Concern.
Serious depletion of the North
Pacific halibut banks, source of ap
proximately 80 percent of the
world'c production of halibut has
given the International Fishery
Commission “grave concern,” ac
cording to statement issued recent
ly by the Deputy Commissioner of
Fisheries of the Department of Com
merce, Lewis E. Radcliffe.
The American and Canadian Com
mission, of which the Commissioner
of Fisheries, Henry O’Malley is a
member, is now considering regula
tions which may be necessary to
conserve the halibut in these banks,
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which annually yield about 50,000,
00 pounds, Mr. Radcliffe said. The
closing of some of the banks is be
ing considered because the situa
is so serious, he added, pointing out
sonic of the results shown in the
report of the Chairman of the Com
mission, John P. Babcock, of Vic
toria, B. C.
The biological side has been care
fully checked and studied, Mr. Rad
cliffe said, and the facts adduced
confirm in every respeot the appre
hensions felt as to the future supply
of halibut in British Columbia and
Alaska waters if the present system
of fishing is continued.
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