More Stringent
Fish Regulations
Are In Prospect
SEATTLE, (A>) —An official of
the United States fish and wildlife
service told a hearing yesterday
that more stringent fishing regu
lations must be put into effect
next year in Southeastern Alaska
because of the recent series of
poor runs.
“There just are not enough fish
to go around,” George Kelez, fish
eries supervisor for Alaska, told
the hearing. “The day is rapidly
passing when a fisherman can earn
his entire year’s livelihood from
a few weeks’ fishing.”
The two-day hearing, conducted
by the fish and wildlife service,
was the last of the year. Several
previous hearings had been held
in Alaska.
Southeastern Alaska packers
backed the service in its proposal
for legislation to change the “per
sonal use” provision of the regu
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This provision permits Alaska
residents to take fish for their own i
use at any time. Packers, in a
brief, said “abuse of this provision 1
... is flagrant and untold damage
has been done to spawning fish
by this abuse.” Kelez said many
violations have been reported in
populous centers, where residents
ea ch and sell fish to markets.
Packers also opposed any
change in the regulation which
now requires weekend closure of
fish traps.
Presiding at the hearings here,
besides Kelez, were two other rep
resentatives of the fish and wild
life service, Seton Thompson,
I chairman, chief of the Alaska
' fisheries branch, and Clarence
I Rhode, regional director for Alas
| ka.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ben Moxee and
; Henry Ullrich departed today with
Pan American to take out three
prisoners. Prisoners were Johnnie
Barber, William Ozenna and An
nie Tunwenuk.
Medical Assn. Meet
Largest In History
The official report on the meet- :
ing of the Alaska Medical Associa- [
tion in Anchorage, issued by Dr.
Wm. P. Blanton of Juneau, shows
the meeting was the largest in the i
history of Alaskan medicine, i
“Over fifty doctors, including phy- 1
sicians from private practice, from ]
the department of health, the!
Alaska native service and the
armed forces, attended the conven
tion last month,” said Dr. Blanton,
secretary of the association.
“These meetings are of direct
importance to residents of the Ter
ritory” said Dr. Blanton, “because
at them doctors can hear from
specialists on improved medical
and surgical methods, discuss Ter
ritorial problems, and take action
to improve health conditions in
Alaska.”
Action taken, as revealed by the !
report, included formation of a
committee to work for greater ap
propriation for aid to the indigent
sick, this aid to be administered
through the welfare department.
Another resolution passed by the
members opposed prostitution, and
r e q u e sted the department of
health to make regulations prohib
iting issuance of medical cer'ifi
cates .showing freedom from ven
ereal disease, to the women.
To further these efforts, the doc
tors resolved to hold their next
meeting in Juneau during the leg
islative session.
The meeting also recorded its
strong approval of the Blue Cross
Hospitalization plan, which pro
vides insurance for hospital care.
The doctors accorded their high
est honor to Dr. Peter I. Dahl gen
eral practitioner of Skagway, when
they nominated him as Alaska’s
“doctor of the year’’ and sent in
his credentials to the national
medical association.
The new president of the Alaska
medical association is Dr. C. C.
Carter of Juneau, the first and
second vice presidents are Dr. A.
J. Schaible and Dr. Raymond B.
Collin, both of Anchorage, and the
secretary is Dr. Blanton of Juneau.
Members and visitors at the
meeting included:
Anchorage—Dr. T. C. Bradon,
Dr. Raymond B. Coffin, Dr. George
G. Davis, Dr. Russell Jackson, Dr.
Fred M. Langsam, Dr. Asa L. Mar
tin, Dr. James E. O’Malley, Dr.
Howard G. Romig, Dr. W. B.
Shore, Dr. A. S. Walkowski, Dr.
Virginia Wright, Dr. Joseph J.
Marshall, Dr. Jack C. Haldeman,
P. J. Bradly, D.V.M., Dr. Vernon
Cates, Dr. Stanley W. Matthews.
Juneau—Dr C. E. Albrecht, Dr.
W. M. Whitehead, Dr. Wm. P.
Blanton. Dr. E. A. Schwinge, Dr.
Catherine S. Sherwood, Dr. Dun
can M. Chalmers, Dr. P. Maison
ville, Dr. J. T. Googe.
Palmer—Dr. Robert E. Garrett.
Wrangell—Dr. John O. Bange
man.
Seward—Wr. A. R. Valle.
Fairbanks—Dr. Robert M. Le
venson, Dr. Vincent S. O’Donnell.
Kodiak—Dr. A. Holmes Johnson.
Dr. W. E. Gillespie.
Kotzebue—Dr. E. S. Rabeau.
Mt. Edgecumbe—Dr. Philip H.
Moore, Dr. M. M. VanSandt.
Kanaknnak—Dr. John E. Libby.
Bethel—Dr. J. P. Albitre.
From the States—Seattle, Dr.
Simeon T. Cantril. Dr. Louis E.
Edmunds, Pittsburgh, Pa., Dr.
Florence L .Marcus, San Francis
co, Calif.,Dr. W. H. Aufranc, At
lanta, Ga., James H. Steele, D.V.M.
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man, in 962.
Alaska Herring
Industry Improves
Government management of the
Southeastern Alaska herring fish
ery started in 1940, has resulted in
substantial improvement in the in
dustry.
Statistics released by the Fish
and Wildelil'e Service reveal that
Southeast Alaska’s controlled
catch for 1948, 400,000 barrels
• weighing 250 lbs. each>, is twice
the catch recorded in 1939, when
uncontrolled herring land i n g s
were so low that 14 of Southeast
ern Alaska’s 18 herring reduction
plants were forced out of business.
In 1940, after several years of
exceptionally low herring catches,
the Fish and Wildlife Service pro
hibited herring fishing to preserve
a spawning stock from which the
depleted pouplation might be re
built. Heavy overfishing and poor
spawning success had seriously
reduced a fishery that had once re
corded catches of as high as 500,
000 barrels in the 1920’s.
The prohibition of herring fish
ing by the Government was con
tinued through 1941 and 1942. In
1943, the fishery was reopened;
die catch being restricted to 100,
BALTIMORE, f/P)—Mrs. Bettie
E. McComas has a polly who
wants no crackers.
Mrs. McComas says the rare bird
insists on scrambled eggs and
bread dunked in coffee for break
fast.
For dinner he prefers peas,
, mashed potatoes, corn, carrots, or
pork chops and will gnaw on
chicken bones “with the rapacity
of a bulldog.”
But Mrs. McComas says she
j doesn’t feed Polly Boy much meat
because she believes it might make
him lose his feathers.
| The parrot is as delicate in lan
j gtiage as he is in palate, and never
I uses naughty words, Mrs. Mc
j Comas says.
'000 barrels.
Progressive increases were made
; in the controlled catches until this
'year’s high quota was set. As a re
sult of the controlled herring
i catches, which permit only the
taking of a predetermined quota
' of fish, the abundance of herring
has been restored in Southeastern
Alaskan waters, according to C.
i Howard Baltzo, acting chief of the
Fish and Wildlife Service's branch
of Alaska Fisheries.
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