Fisheries hearings
open 'three days of hearings on
proposed regulations for 1956
salmon fishing. These regula
tions will be (based on the
White act as it now stands,
since the service’s proposed
revisions will not reach con
gress 'before January, he said.
Thompson was questioned
sharply toy Magnuson, who re
peated some of the criticisms
otf the Fish and Wildlife ser
vice voiced by fishermen wit
ness*.
Thompson acknowledged that
50 per cent of all classes of
salmon were not reaching
spawning beds, as required Jby
the White act. He said the
> protection of red salmon was
the main issue when the law
I was enacted, and a full 50 per
cent escapement was being en
forced as to this specie.
Magnuson’s intimation fish-1
ermen's views on salmon prob
lems got little attention from
the Fish and Wildlife service
was denied (by Thompson. He
said everyone igO; a hearing on
proposed regulations, but the
Alaska fishermen are “highly
individualistic’’ and frequently
presented varying views.
A parade of witnesses, prin
cipally representing fisher
men’s organizations, appeared
at yesterday’s committee hear
ing. Most of them said Amer
ican fisheries were suffering
from various types of foreign
competition.
George Johansen, secretary
treasurer of the Alaska Fish
ermen’s Union, said the inter
national law commission and
the food and agricultural or
ganization. two United Nations
agencies, are trying to take ov
er management of all ocean
fisheries.
Johansen submitted an elab
orate exhibit showing Japan
ese salmon operations gaining
rapidly while Alaska opera
tions dcline. The apparent ex
planation, he said, is 'that the
Japanese are taking immature
fish. As a remedy he proposed
the reduction or<■ elimination
of open-sea fishing for salmon,
Capt. J. E. Shields and his
son, Capt. Ed Shields, king
cralb operators, said Japanese
are wrecking the crab fisher-'
i is of Bering Sea. The Jaipan
1 ese use tangle mbs and. it is
| impossible to extricate the fe
| miale craibs from these nets
without killing them, the two
captains explained.
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