Apparently herrings were much
more abundant In those waters
than in the preceding year. The
East Anglian fishing however wae
disappointing for the Dutch fisher
men, especially for those on the
sailing luggers. The average catch
for the whole year 1920 though not
very high, ranged considerably
above that of the preceding year.
However, owing to the worse state
of continental markets and the
larger production x>f cured herrings
in Great Brittan as well as by the
Dutch and German driftnet fisheries
amounting together to amout 2,
049.000 barrels as compared with
1.778.000 barrels In 1925, the pric
es of cured herrings were much low
er than ift the preceding year and
consequently, notwithstanding the
better fishing, the season 1926 has
been as bad for the Dutch industry
as the season 1925.
The total catch of the Dutch her
ring fishery in 1926 amounted to
about 107,800,000 pounds. About
the value no dependable figures are
available.
♦The guilder is here taken to
be worth forty cents.
FISHERMEN OP .KU8KOKWIM
SEEK RELIEF
BIG RIVER IS NOW CLOSED
G. F. Schaefer, of Schaefer and
Brown, dealers In all kinds of furs
and general merchandise, at Bethel,
Kuskokwim, Alaska, sends the fol
lowing:
The Alaska Weekly,
Seattle, Washington.
Gentlemen:
We are asking you if you will,
print this letter in The Alaska
Weekly; it might help us some here
in the Kuskokwim. As you know,
fishing for commercial purposes has
been closed entirely on the Kusko
kwim river. Now what we here
would like to have is to let the
fishermen who live here,most of
whom are married to native women
and have families, catch and mild
cure the king salmon and salt the
silver salmon, hut let tbs dot sal
mon and the red salmon go up
the river. In other words, don’t
allow the fishermen to put up dog
and red salmon for the outside mar
ket. The natives along the river
mainly want the dog salmon for
their own food and for dog feed.
The king salmon come here about
the first week in June. The red and
dog salmon come about the last
week In June; and as they run to
gether and are about the same size,
the fishermen can't catch one with
out catching the other; but as there
are nine dog salmon, to one red the
catch does not amount to much.
Then about the first week in
August the silver salmon come.
About that time the rains com
mence and the silvers are hard to
cure for dried fish. The largest part
of the silvers spoil on the fisher
men, if they try to catch them, and
are generally a total loss.
What I am trying to get the Fish
commission to understand is, that
the king salmon and the silver sal
mon are not as essential for Alas
kan use as are the dog salmon and
the few red salmon.
If the government would allow
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