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hew Rules Govern
Halibut Fisheries
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The joint committee— Inter
national Fisheries Committee,
has issued new rules under the
new treaty. First: The conven
tion waters are divided into the
following areas—(A) waters
south of the lighthouse at Cape
Shoal Water, Washington State;
(B) Waters from Cape Shoal
Water to Cape Spencer; (C)
Cape Spencer to the Aleutian
Islands; (D) Bering Sea dis
tricts.
ane lattAimum sciicauie uaLuu
in area (B) is set at 22,500,000
pounds; area (C) no limitation;
no limitation on (A) and (D)
districts.
Around Masset Inlet, Timered
Islands, the area is set apart on
account of being immature hali -
but grounds.
All halibut vessels must be
licensed for statistics and they
must agree to furnish detailed
information relative to their
catches.
Beginning next-year the an
nual closed season ends on the
15th of January.
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SEATTLE HALIBUT FISHER
MEN ASKED TO DEFER START
Telegrams from Chicago fish
buyers, urging that no halibut
schooners leave for the banks
before the middle of March,
have been received by the Fish
ing Vessel Owners’ Association
of Seattle. The opening of the
halibut season has been set h>r
February 16 and between 150
and 200 halibut schooners in
Seattle are prepared to sail for
the banks.
Flooding the market with
fresh fish, thereby sending
prices down to an extremely low
level, was feared if the vessels
went out, the messages said. The
Fishing Vessel Owners’ Associa
tion, composed of owners of
halibut vessels, called a meeting
to consider the requets of the
Chicago fish buyers. A mild
winter in the Middle West,
which permitted fishing on the
Great Lakes, and large stocks
of frozen halibut in storage,
caused the Middle West fish
buyers to request that the open
ing of the halibut season be
postponed one month. About
2,000 men are employed in the
nalibut fishing industry.
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