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SELDOVIA FISHERMEN AND C E ANDERSON CANNERY WORKERS
RE ACH- AGREEMENT ON FISH PRICES ALSO SIGN
..The way to a full seas on !s fishing for
Seldovia’s seine fishermen was opened, last
night, when the first agreement on Cook In
let for the 1947 season has signed. The
contract was made between C* E. anderson of
the /xlaska-Seldovia Packers and the fisher
men of Lower-Cook Inlet.
Hr . an d or s on' sub
mitted his proposal
to the fishermen late
yesterday afternoon,
and the fishermen met
in.force last night
in a special meeting
to accent the offered
fish prices.
Prices as' offered
for 1947, in contrast
to last year’s fi
gures, were:
Kings over 12
pounds, *2 (last year
?1.50); reds,* 50
cents ( last year 36
cents); chhdes, (50
cents (last year 36
cents); pinks, 12
cents (last year 10
cents); chums, 16-p
cents (last year 14
cents ) •
These prices are,
in Avarv case, except
for the chumbs, the
prices asked by the
Selcovia local of the
United Fishermen.
Buck Douglas, fi
sherman * s ■» agent who
conducted negotia
tions with Mr. Ander
son, said the comp
leted agreement would
give Seldovia fisher
men ’’The best fish
prices paid in the
Cook Inlet area this
season.”.
Mr. Douglas said
he hoped that this
first completed agr
reament, would lead to
f ur tli ar agr a am an t s
with Cook Inlet can
norm, in the vary near
future •
Canning operations
of the ^laska-Seldo
(cont next page)
Resident cannery
workers of the Seldo
via local of the Cook
Inlet area, which in
cludes employees of
the Fidalg* v Island
Packing Co., ' at' Port
Gr aham, last night
completed negotia
tions and signed
their agreement for
the 1947 canning sea
son. Negotiations in
Seldovia and Port
Grahara were conducted
between Miss Peggy
Daigan of the union
and Steele Culbertson
of the xilaska Salmon
Industry .
.-it a spec!al meet
ing called last
night, after Mis-s
Daigan and Mr. Cul
bertson spent yester
day afternoon at Port
Graham, union- mem
bers unanimously ac
cepted the increased
pay rates offered by
the Industry.
(cont next page)