larger than that of last year
and will be exceeded only
slightly by the pack of 1918,
when 6,605,835 cases were put
up and which was the largest
' in the history of Alaska Salm
on industry.
A comparison of packs by
species follows giving the sum
total as here indicated.
“The foregoing shows the
striking increase in the packs
of pinks and reds each of which
totals over 1,000,000 cases more
than in 1925. Most of the in
crease in pinks occurs in cent
ral Alaska, although southeast
Alaska shows a very substan
tial gain. All three general
districts show an increase in
reds, but the chief expansion
s this year was in western Al
aska, where the pack of reds
I was approximately 1,360,000
cases in 1926 as against 554,250
in 1925; central Alaska, 2,069,
00Q,- as against 1,052,593 in 1925;
and Alaska shows a total of
2,828,000 cases, as compared
with 2,802,414 in 1925.
The notable increase in the
pack even to August 25 of this
year, is in the face of further
restrictions upon fishing by the
department’s regulations, which
have been deemed necessary
for. conservaton purposes in
certain places. It indicates the
effectiveness of such regula
tions, the broadening in scope
of which has been possible un
der the new Alaska fisheries
act of June 6, 1924.
The results of these regula
tions are shown in the increas
ed pack of pink salmon in 1926,
for this species matures in two
years, and the fish returning
in 1926 are the progeny of the
breeding hump back salmon
that escaped in 1924, the first
year the new regulations went
into effect. As a matter of
fact, the pack of pink in 1926
is much larger than that of
any previous year in the his
tory of Alaska, the largest pre
vious pack being about 2,600,000
cases.
The foregoing figures for
1926, particularly in respect to
cohos and chums, will show
increases when final returns are
available.”
As against the report of O’
Malley we would take the field
experience of the fishermen of
Alaska. That as against the
fine reports of Secretary Hoov
er we have the reports of poor
runs and small earnings from
the fishermen. Again we re
iterate, the return cycle will
show that in spite of the
“amazing increase” it is only
amazing that the Bureau of
Fisheries, O’Malley the polit
ical puppet of the Fish Trust
can present such a report.
The Injustice
The increase it is to be not
ed is “in the face of further
restrictions” admitted by Mes
sers O’Malley and Hoover.
They do not state that the
restrictions are now borne
wholly by resident fishermen.
They do not state that prac
tically all bays are closed to
seine operation but that gi
gantic fish traps are permitted
to operate at the entrance of
said bays. They do not tell
of the elimination of “dum
my” traps whereby the Fish
Barons are divorced from com
petition menacing the efficency
of their instruments of deple
tion. They do not tell that
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Hours: 1 to 4 and 6:30 to 8
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