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Bills set 3ig dnra a yr.endure for leasing
of salmon irit sites in /X as' a under juiVue
diction of the Interior department have
been introduced in the House and Senate at
the request of Secretary Krug.
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Secretary Krug, in transmitting the draft
of the bills to the Senate and House, .
asked for congressional action placing trap
site leases under law and Stated," The f.
Department of the Interior, charged rath tfe ,
the duty of administering the public do
main, has for some time been disturbed at i
this virtual ownership of the oublic waters
That concern has been heif.hteded by the fact'
that the control of the trap sites has been J
Considered to bo too heavily concentrated
into the hands of a few large, non-resident
packing companies." i
The bill provides that the tyap sites shall ,
be leased by the Secretary of Intorior first *
on preferential percentage basis, second to
Alaska ..communities or villages or organi
zations omed and controlled by any Alaska |
cornr.unity of village and third to the hig
gest bidder.
On or before Doc. 1 of each year the Sec- ?
retary rill make a public announcement of j
the trao sites open and not claimed and
■nil? invite sealed bids for tlio lease of
the trap sites.
Leases granted to an existing operator on i
a preferential basis mill be allored in the 1
amount of 100 per cent to those rho have
one to 20 trap sites, 90 percent to oper
ators controlling 21 to 29 trap sites,
80 percent to operators rith 30 to 39 trap
sites and 75 uercent to existing operators
controlling 40 or more trap sites. Leases
ril? expire after a 15 year period and rill
contain no provision for extension or re
noral.
A royalty of 5 percent of the value of
salmon taken in leased traps '"ill be col
lected by the Secretary of the Interior,
.An additional 2 percent royalty will be
paid by an operator on the value of salmon
taken in excess of 500,000 fish in a single
fishing season.
Secretary Krug, in his statement, said,
"There has for many years been a strong
sentiment for the abolition of Alateka Salo
mon traps. The protest against their use
comes most vigorously faron the fishemen,
bho vietr it for a variety of reasons as
unfair and, conservation-v/ise, unsound com
petition, There is also considerable dis
taste for the trap on more abstract ground
since it represents an unlicensed, unpaid
and exclusive use of the public raters rrhich
should be open to all? The Secretary states
that the bill embodies an agreement accept
able to the Department of Interior and the
salmon industry.
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