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the 12 mile limit and thinks the only way to achieve ft is for Alaska
and Canada to join forces in pushing for it. This cooperation could be
extended to include Washington, Oregon and California, all of whom
will be hit sooner or later by foreign fishing fleets.
Unity of thought and action among the West Coast states and
British Columbia should have a telling effect—for they represent
thousands of miles of coastline and a large segment of people ef
afected by what hapens to the fishery.
“If the Canadians and Alaskans would insist upon the 12 mile
limit, I think we have a good chance of getting it,” Sen. Logan stated.
Sen. Logan is alarmed by the present situation, and rightly so.
In a recent speech in Long Beach, Calif., he accused the U.S. State
Department of “selling out our new state before it even has a chance.”
It’s action we need to protect this vital industry which is so
necessary to our growth and well-being.
Mirrcred Reflections
By SIG DIGREE
“Roads”—Don't Say That Nasty Word!
The announcement yesterday of
the rejection of all bids for the Ko
diak-Mainland ferry as being too
high, is just another setback that
Kodiak has grown to expect in its
attempt to get an adequate road
system. The Marine highway, ap
parently, is no exception.
The State has dilly-dallied for
some time in providing paved roads
in Kodiak. After innumerable sur
veys, etc., we are now led to be
lieve this is going to happen this
year. Kodiakans have adopted a
wait-and-see attitude on this.
The idea now in regard to the
ferry is to redesign it with a small
er ship in mind, which, as B. E.
Lewellen, director of the Marine
Transportation Division, says
“won’t cost so much.” Put in plain
language, because of the slow pace
as set by the powers that be, Ko
diak will have to be content with
second-best. (The high bids are at
tributed to the rise in cost of ma
terial and labor since the first esti
mates were made.)
Side by side with this announce
ment comes one which appeared in
the Anchorage Daily Times
Wednesday, in which the commit
tee on transportation of the Great
er Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce recommended that body sup
port the Kodiak ferry.
Their recommendations were
carried in a 14-page report which
is expected to come up for vote
today. It obviously represents con
siderable study by the committee,
and, for whatever their reasons,
we welcome them to the cause.
We think the committee is wise
in making its recommendations.
Anchorage stands to gain. Kodiak
stands to gain. Both of them from
the viewpoint of tourists and
freight hauling.
The committee says a deficit can
be expected, but also says “indirect
values” might offset the deficit.
Among these values, is the “com
munity action toward a singular
purpose” and “a climate of local
enthusiasm which attracts outside
capital” which the bonding of com
munity effort will create. The com
mittee declared that the ferry
could be “the dramatic high point
in the next decade for development
of Western Alaska.”
Should this recommendation be
adopted, it thus presents a united
front which will go a long way to
insuring the ferry’s success. Now
comes the setback.
Is Anchorage going to be con
tent with an inadequate ferry? Is
Kodiak for that matter? Can the
genius of the boat designer possi
bly come up with a new design
that will in every way serve the
purpose for which it is intended?
One thing we are assured of. Ac
tion will have to come soon or the
cost of the new ferry, with all its
limitations, will be about the
same as the one on which the bids
were rejected. It must still be re
membered that costs continue to
rise. Action is needed and quick!
Officer E. Dean
Nabs Taxi Bandit
“Criminals return to the scene
of their crime” ... and get arrested
in Kodiak!
Kodiak’s first “taxi bandit,” a
19-year old lad from Atka Island,
waived his right for a preliminary
hearing when he appeared for ar
raignment before Magistrate Mabel
M. Fenner, and will be tried on a
charge of armed robbery in Su
perior Court Sessions which com
mence with the arrival of Judge
Edward V. Davis on Monday.
The complaint was signed by
Richard W. Parke who identified
youthful Joseph William Nevzoroff
as the gunman who robbed him of
about $75 early last Friday morn
ing.
Nevzoroff was recognized by
Parke when he returned to the
taxi stand again only hours later
to obtain a cab to go to Kodiak
Airways. Nevzoroff still possessed
the stick-up gun he had used ear
lier on Parke and had it wrapped
up in a package among his personal
belongings, according to Patrol
man Elmer Dean who arrested the
youth on the street after Parke
pointed him out. Nevzoroff had
bought a ticket to Port Williams at
Kodiak Airways, Officer Dean ad
vised.
Nevzoroff’s bail was set at $5,000
by Judge Fenner and he is being
held for trial at the city jail.
Huge Russian Fishing Fleet Is
Reported 60 Miles Off Cherikof
A huge Russian fishing fleet is
conducting an extensive and inten
sive fishing operation about 60
miles southeast of Cherikof Island,
according to a report made to the
Alaska Department of Fish and
Game here by the Canadian re
search vessel “Midnight Sun.”
The Russian fleet, sighted by the
Midnight Sun about the 12th has
also been reported earlier fishing
off the Semidi Islands located
northwest of Cherikof, ADF&G
Protection Officer Ovid McKinley
advised.
According to the Midnight Sun,
the fleet is comprised of four huge
motherships estimated to be in the
8,000-ton class, and 20 catcher ves
sels each 150-feet long.
The catcher boats were all using
large drags and were catching “a
red looking fish” which the Cana
dians thought might be rockfish,
McKinley said. At one time the Ca
nadian ship was able to get close
enough alongside to observe one of
the catcher boat’s fishing opera
tion.
The four motherships had the
usual hammer and sickle emblem
on their stacks and the catcher
r~
boats had red stars on their dows,
the Canadians said.
Presence of the Russian fishing
operation in the Gulf of Alaska has
been known by halibut fishermen
for some time as they are operating
in the same grounds the halibut
fleet fishes. During the past sev
eral weeks a number of halibut
boats have reported the loss of
their halibut fishing gear. One
boat reported the complete disap
pearance of about 27 skates of hal
ibut gear. Many have expressed the
opinion that the American and Ca
nadian halibut gear was swept up
by the huge trawls employed by
the Russians in their fishing opera
tion. They also have reported see
ing “white fish” taken aboard Rus
sian vessels.
Other prior sightings of Russian
fishing boats have been reported in
recent weeks, McKinley said. One
report placed the Russians less
than 100 miles off Chiniak Cape
and another report placed Russian
brawlers operating off Kenai Point
toward the Barren Islands.
American and Canadian halibut
fishermen must abide by the rules
and regulations governing types of
gear and setting strict limits and
seasons as set up in a fishing agree
ment and commission to which the
U.S., Canada and Japan subscribe.
The Russians are not members
of the commission set up to con
serve the halibut fishery.
Mrs. Bob Johnson
On Seattle Trip
Mrs. Marian Johnson, wife of Dr.
Bob Johnson, departed Wednesday
on PNA with their three sons,
Craig Holmes, David Lloyd, and
James Elliot, for a six weeks vaca
tion in the Pacific Northwest.
She will be visiting with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd James of
Seattle, while outside.
Waterfront
(continued from page 11
the clamming to “wind up” be
tween July 4 and 7.
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Docked right acros the float was
the Ocean Queen, owned and skip
pered by another of the Nelson
boys, Archie Nelson. Archie and
his crew were busy starting to
paint the Ocean Queen up and oth
erwise prepare her for the humpy
season having put in a good King
Crab season this winter and spring.
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