three weeks. We have not
limited our inquires to Indian
fishermen but have obtained
our information almost wholly
from white fishermen.
The regulations promulgated
by Commissioner O’Malley,
Czar of our fisheries for the
conservation of salmon pro
hibits the operation of seines
in practically every bay where
in there is a salmon stream.
To impart the idea that it was
the sincere intent to conserve
he passed the regulation where
by traps were prohibited from
operation less than a mile
apart. To one not aquainted
with the manner in which traps
are operated this sounds like
a real conservation measure.
As a matter of fact it is trap
protective measure.
Mile Rule A Trap Measure
Heretofore it has been the
policy of the trap interests to
set just within legal distance,
a “dummy” whose only duty it
was to keep the real working
trap from being “corked.” The
expense of this “dummy” has
been eliminated. It can then
be shown on paper that the
new prohibitions have eliminat
ed almost a half of the traps.
Tke efficiency of the system
has not been impaired. The
destructive methods and con
servation remains the farce it
always has been under the
Bureau of Fisheries. The poor
resident alone bears the full
burden.
The efficiency of the traps is
three times that of the seines.
Were the trap system removed
it would require more than
1500 seine boats with an aver
age of five men to the seine.
This would mean a spending
power of more than 7,500 men
as against the present spending
power of 1,500. That local
business would benefit goes
without saying. With a great
er spending power of resident
fishermen we naturally can ex
pect greater business, greater
freight traffic, greater natural
development of the Territory.
. —Petersburg Alaskan.
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