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HISTORIC RIGHTS
“If a nation has subjected one of its own coastal fisheries to
investigation and regulation for the purpose of conserving the
fishery and is making as full use of it as should be made, ft has
an exclusive right to that fishery as far offshore as it extends.
—UJS. Secretary of State Cordell Hull
The above statement embodies the principle of our nation’s
foreign policy insofar as it concerned the fisheries of the North
Pacific during the late ’30’s and ’40’s. Under Secretary Hull’s
direction this policy was formulated into a proclamation signed by
President Truman on Sept. 28, 1945 and commonly referred to
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today as the “Truman Proclamation.”
It was clearly designed to protect our salmon, halibut, and
herring fisheries which even in those years was increasingly
threatened by the foreign fishing fleets, particularly the Japan
ese. The policy was morally right, economically necessary and
politically wise at the time it was formulated .. . AND IS MORE
SO TODAY!
, • The only difference between those years and the present, in
sofar as the American fishing industry, especially that of the
North Pacific is concerned, is thait in those days the U.S. Gov
ernment clearly supported it’s own people here in the North
Pacific.
Today the actions of our federal government indicate that it
has forgotten our historic rights policy as expressed so clearly
by Cordell Hull . . . even to the extent that the U.S. Coast Guard
now has embarked upon a policy of disarming our fishermen on
the high seas but oddly has yet to stop, search and confiscate any
weapons which the huge Russian fishery fleet may, and probably
does, possess.
We have appealed for action from our federal government to
curtail, through treaty, negotiation, or should that fail, armed
might, the encroachment of the foreign nations into our salmon,
halibut and crab fisheries. We do not condemn the Coast Guard
which is only performing its duty to carry out orders. We do
condemn as would all patriotic Americans, those who give orders
which in effect amount to unilateral disarmament of our American
fishing fleet in the North Pacific. Our fishermen’s gear has been
wantonly and deliberately destroyed on the high seas, their ves
sels and very lives threatened by the aggressive and warlike ac
tions of the Russian vessels which have ruthlessly destroyed some
of our historic and traditional fishing grounds. Looking to our
federal government for protection we find instead of moving
massively and mightily to protect American interests, lives and
property as we have the right to expect of it, that it has ordered
that our American fishermen be denied the means by which they
can accomplish what our federal leadership so shamefully fails
to do.
NOTICE
A representative of Dicy’s House of
Fabrics & Custom Draperies of An
chorage will be at the Kodiak Hotel
Tuesday night, Wednesday and also
Wednesday night to take orders for
custom drapes.
Leave your phone number at the
Kodiak Hotel and we will contact you
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nist activities in those two areas.
The loss to fishermen computed
at ten cents per pound amount to
$222,100.
Three canneries have computed
their losses at $666,300 according
to a report in the Anchorage
Times.
The companies are Pan Alaska
Fisheries, Wakefield Fisheries and
Pacific American Fisheries.
With approximately 20 per cent
of a crab’s total weight recover
able as meat which sells for $1.50
a pound wholesale the three can
neries loss totals $666,300.
The total estimated loss to fisher
men and processors during the
July-September period is $888,400.
These losses do not take into
consideration the loss of gear in
volved nor the loss in future years
due to the destructive trawling in
the erab grounds by the Communist
fleets.
COUNCIL-ASSEMBLYMEN
Councilmen Elden Lester and Red
Burnham have been elected by the
council to represent the city on the
five man Borough Assembly.
Four Men Rescued
After Jinny C
Hits Atka Rocks
Four men were rescued from a
beach on Atka Island after then
vessel the Jinny C reportedly lost
her anchor and went on the rocks
Sunday, Oct. 13. The four men, as
yet not identified, were spotted by
a military aircraft and a navy tug
picked them up and took them to
Adak where it was determined that
they were in good condition, ac
cording to the Coast Guard. The
boat, owned by Pan Alaska Fisher
ies, is reported to be a total loss.
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