ez’s utterance.
A high Finnish source said
Russia has moved more troopfe to
her Arctic border with Norway,
apparently in connection with the
Soviet attempt to keep the stout
little Scandinavian country from
joining the Atlantic Alliance, now
under negotiation in Washington
between the United States, Can
ada, Britain, France and the three
low countries. The Finnish source
said there is no sign of similar
troop movements to the Finnish
border.
The threat of a cabinet crisis m
Finland also grew. Premier Karl
Fagerholm’s government held of
fice by ony a two.vote margin
The United States approved
shipments of steel pipe for the
1,067 mile Trans-Arabian line by
American oil concerns. This sig
nalled Washingtons opinion that
tension has eased in the Middle
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East, now that Egypt and Israel
have signed an armistice and
other Arab states seemed to be
falling in line.
Hopes for peace talks in China
with the conquering communists
rose higher than at any time since
Chiang Kai-Shek turned his pow
ers over to vice president Li
Tsung-Jen. Li flew from a South
China visit that boosted his stand
ing with both the nationalists and
the communists with whom he
mu.-t talk for peace.
Delegates from 21 European
nations met unofficially in Brus
sels in a new drive toward a
United States of Europe. Speakers
were Winston Churchill and Bel
gian Premier Paul-Henri Spaak.
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Clarence Strait, southern and
south Prince of Wales districts.
"Drastically short though these
seasons appear when compared to
past years, they are nevertheless i
necessary to conserve and rebuild
the severely depleted pink sal- [
mon resource in the Southeastern
Alaska area,” Thompson said.
“Additional fishing time will be
granted wherever an abundance
of pink salmon occurs in excess of
spawning requirements.’
The use of power in gill-net'
boats in Bristol Bay again is pro
hibited.
The agency also ruled that all
Alaskan fishing boats, excepting
those fishing exclusively for hal-j
ibut, must be registered with the
fish and wildlife service before
each season.
Power boats must display their
name or number on top for identi
fication by airplanes.
Both explosives and poisons are
now prohibited in the taking of f
fish. This definitely outlaws the
i “blue-stoning” of salmon streams
; for halibut bait, Thompson said.
The taking of fish both for bait
and as food for fur-bearing ani
mals is specifically defined as
: commercial fishing; subject to all
of the regulations.
In opening the heart walls of
traps to the free passage of salmon
during closed periods, the web-1
bing must be lifted clear of the
water. In the past it has been the
practice to drop rather than raise
this section of the trap wall.
Herring quotas probably will be !
announced in early March,
Thompson said. Herring spawning;
grounds are protected by banning
the use of pounds on or within
one mile of them, and by prohibit
ing all commercial herring fish
ing in Silver Bay, near Sitka, and |
in the waters adjacent to Fish Egg !
Island, near Craig.
A quota of 10,000 barrels of
herring is allowed in a newly- 1
opened section of Kachemak Bay ,
in Cook Inlet to determine the \
size of herring populations of that
area.
The Yukon-Kuskokwim area
was expanded to include more
northerly waters of Nome and
Kotzebue, so that regulations can
apply to the new fisheries of that
region.
Bristol Bay regulations are un
changed except to outline boun
daries of the Naknek section more
clearly and to eliminate the mid
week closure during the fall sea
son.
“The Alaska peninsula area has
suffered severe depletion in its
pink salmon runs,” Thompson
said.
“To achieve a large escapement,
the 1949 season will end Aug. 5
instead of Aug. 12, and there will
be no fall season.
“In the Port Moller district the
fall season will open August 10
instead of Aug. 20.
No purse seines may be used on
the south side of the Alaska pe
ninsula area between Castle Cape
and Cape Pankof that are less
than 100 fathoms or more than
200 fathoms.”
Other regulations:
C! ignik—Season shortened to
June 10-Sept. 15. Extension * of
the closed area in Chignik Lagoon
may be required if the counting
weir, for the seeding of pink sal
mon, cannot be installed.
Kodiak—Little change. Karluk
Red river openings June 6 instead
of une 10. Escapement to Karluk
river fixed at a minimum of 350,
DOO red salmon before July 15
and the same minimum after that
date.
Cook Inlet—The usual open and
closing dates for the odd ye trs.
Port Dick not to open until July
25. Week-end closed period for
entire area increased ^o 48 hours,
from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 ).m.
Monday, and may be increased
further. Most of Kamishak Bay
closed to all salmon fishing.
Resurrection Bay—Two season,
June 1-Aug. 6 and Aug. 15-Sept.
15. In the fall season fishing boats
must report all salmon deliveries.
Prince William Sound — Un
changed, except that use of beach
seines is prohibited.
Copper River—May 1-June 15
and Aug. 10-Sept. 18; spring sea
son opens two weeks earlier and
closes three weeks earlier than
usual.
Bering River-Icy Bay—Red sal
mon season closing date advanced
to June 15 to conform with Cop
per River season.
Southeastern Alaska fall chum
salmon Oct. 5-Oct. 15 at Excur
sion Inlet' Hood Bay, Chaik Bay,
Port Camden, Security Bay and
Cholmondeley Sound only. Last
year entire area was open from
Oct. 15 to Nov. 15.
Southeastern Alaska — Gillnets
prohibited except in the Yakutat
districts, the northern section of
the western district, Taku Inlet,
Port Snettisham and the Stikine
district. Special open seining sea
sons in Tenakee Inlet and off
Prince of Wales Island will not be
repeated.
Taku River—Closed area at the
mouth extended; fishing prohibit
REGISTERED NURSES
ORGANIZE CLUB
Registered nurses in Nome were
invited to the home of Mrs. Ike
Jensen last evening for the pur
po e of organizing a club.
Last evening in response to the
invitation the following officers
were elected: Mrs. Ike Jensen,
president; Mrs. Elmo Miller, vice
president; Marilyn Munn, secy
'.reas.
The name of the organization
chosen was Nome Graduate
Nurses Assn., and it is planned
to have a meeting the third
Thursday of every month .
The purpose of organizing is to
work for universal registration of
graduate nurses in Alaska and
eventually become a member of
the American Nurses Assn.
The next meeting is scheduled
for March 17th at the nurses home
and it is reported that the mem
bership will be between 20 and
25.
ed east of the 134th meridian of
west longitude.
Behm Canal — Inner portion,
i from Rudyard Bay to Bell Is
, Jpnd closed.
Yakutat District—Beach seining
prohibited, except before Sept. 2
in Yakutat and Disenchantment
Bays.
Duncan Canal — Re-opened to
shrimp fishing after being closed
two years.
Other regulations include pro
hibitions against the trailing of
gillnet web in closed waters and
the requirement that set nets be
removed from the water during
closed periods.
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