A FU Signs Agreement For
Season's Drift Net Fishing
The independent
fishermen of Lower
Cook Inlet- this week
concluded an agree
ment with Seldovis
Fisheries and i.laska
Seldovia Packers for
drift net fishing
this season. - The ne
gotiations were con
ducted with C. E. An
derson, Jack Hesse
and Jack Brernan by
the e vec u tive c ommit
tee of the ..laska Fi
sherman’s Union. The
membership of this
committee includes
Joe Gore, George For
tin, L. V. Sommer
villa, Emil ban dvik
and Buck Douglas.
Hr. Douglas,
spokesman for the
group, said the Can
ned Salmon Industry
h a d p e rmi 11 e d on -1he -
spot negotiations in
Selcovia for drift,
net fishing in Upper"'
Cook Inlet.
The agr e am a n t w i th
Alaska-Selcovia Pack
ers provides that the
cannery mill furnish.
200 fathoms of king '
salmon gear and 200,
fathoms of red salmon’
gear for the outfit
ting of 10 boats. The
cannery will receive
16 percent of the
gross Cutca as ms
share and the fisher
men will got 84 per
cent. This a - r 3 one r. t
will go into effect
only \i h e n a gr e en e n t s
between the Canned
Salmon Industry and
the ATU are negotia
ted.
In the event that
the Industry and the
fishermen reach no
■ agre ement, asimi1ar
percentage arrange
ment will exist bet
ween the aFU and Sel
dovia Fisheries’, not
a member of the Car
ped Salmon Industry.
The fish' caught for )
the fisheries will be
used for cold storage
purposes only;
Included in this
latter agreement is
the provision that
the fishermen will be
permitted to salt any
fish which may be
prevented by w eat her
conditions from rea
ching, the cold stor
age plant -on sched
ule. Thus no fish !
will • be ' allowed to-,
spoil this year be
' 'cause the "''tenders
cannot pick up the
catch within 84
hours.
The price _of_ the
Fresh Bread DAILY At The
SELDOVIA BAKERY
DOUGHNUTS_ _ MAPLE BARS
C H I Q N I K M AN
HERE - TO' TAKE
.BOAT HOME
august Pedersen of
Chign Li: is spending a
few days in Seldovia
■ rh La v:ia * t ing the
c o y. 1 cti on of _ his
t o■ : un 1 ir construc
ts o n here. Andy Mat
son is building the
boat.
.visninG""'
aT SELDOVIa HOUSE:
Carl Larson, Ninil
chik; L. E. Nelson,
A s t oria, Ore.; Ken
neth Bowman, anchor
age ; R. Ursin, city;
Ernst Evern, Homer.
aT THE BEaC HC OIv'BEH
Bob DeSylvia, Ernst
Evern, Homer; John
Bernis, city;
fish in the latter
agreement is to be
the same as that paid
by the Washington
Fish nnd Oyster Co*,
of .Port '"ill jams*
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