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VOL. 23, NO. 44_ KODIAK, ALASKA, OCTOBER 18, 1963 PRICE TEN CENTS
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Ferry Boat Dock
Costs Estimated
At $100,000
$100,000 is the estimated cost in
volved in the construction of a fer
ry boat dock in Kodiak according
to word received this week by
Mayor Pete Deveau from G. W.
Mangan, director of the Division
of Marine Transportation.
Mangan sent Deveau sketches of
a suggested docking structure
which at present is tentatively
planned to be built just the other
side of Union Oil.
“This dock plan can be utilized
by the new Kodiak ferry at any
chosen site as may be determined
by the City of Kodiak and accept
able from a navagational stand
point to this division,” said Man
gan.
“Our estimate for the cost ot
building this docking structure
with a single 200 ft. pile bent ap
proach and 3 dolphins as described
is $100,000. For any additional
docking structure such as a sec
ond pile bent approach, a figure of
$10 per square foot may be used
for estimating purposes. The cost
of the 3 dolphins is estimated to
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Along
The
Waterfront
By Karl Armstrong
ADF&G’s Guy Powell writes us
that: “A juvenile male king crab
tagged in Marmot Bay by Roy
Rickey n Nov. 1957, was captured
Aug. 8, 1963 (almost 6 years later)
by Doug Lohse, skipper of the
‘Padilla.’ The crab was caught only
a few miles from where he was re
leased and was now a large com
mercial sized adult.
“After studying the crab and ob
taining measurements he was set
free again in the Kodiak boat har
bor. Hope we can catch him again
in 1969. It grew over four inches.”
What with the Russians dragging
for our King Crab now it would
seem that Guy is optimistic about
catching that, or any other crab,
in 1969! This reminds us that a
number of crab fishermen are be
ginning to entertain grave doubts
about the wisdom of attempting to
conserve the resource now. As long
as the Russians are using trawls
which will shortly wipe out our
crab stocks many fishermen are be
ginning to say that we might just
as well wipe out the fishery our
selves. The same thing holds true
of our salmon. Why spend miUions
of dollars and great effort to try
to conserve and perpetuate a fish
ery that a foreign fleet will wipe
out anyway? As long as the Japan
ese fish salmon on the high seas
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A Kodiak Champion
A combination of rugged Kodiak
speed and endurance won Wayne
Kozak the top crown in th.e
Cross Country Meet last Satur
day at Palmer. The 6’2”, 16-year
old Kodiak born son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Kozak set a new rec
ord running the 2 1/8 mile race
in 11 min. 6 and 4/10th seconds
Man Charged With
Assault & Battery
A twenty-one year old white man
was arraigned in city court Thurs
day afternoon on an assault and
battery charge involving the knif
ing of a 15-year-old local girl who
was baby sitting when the incident
occurred earlier this week. He is
to be tried at 3:30 Tuesday after
noon, according to District Mag
istrate Mabel Fenner. Rumors cir
culating during the week that there
was a series of attempted assaults
proved unfounded.
Home Games Of
Kodiak Bears
Opening home game in the
1963-64 basketball season of
the Kodiak Bears is sched
uled for Nov. 15, according to
a schedule just released by
Coach Terry McMullen.
Season tickets are now
available for both students
and adults.
The schedule follows:
KODIAK HIGH SCHOOL
1963-1964
Basketball Home Games
Nov. 15—Local Game
Nov. 22—West Anchorage
Nov. 23—West Anchorage
Nov. 29—Palmer
Nov. 30—Palmer
Dec. 13—Kenai
Dec. 14—Kenai
Dec. 28—Alumni
Jan. 24—Open Date
Feb. 7—Homer
Feb. 8—Homer
Feb. 14—Seward
Feb. 15—Seward
One Or Four Z80-Foot Japanese Trawl
Fleet Observed Taking King Crab Here
The 280-foot Akebono Maru #51,
one of four Japanese vessels re
ported to have been fishing in
Kodiak waters for a number of
weeks, was observed taking King
Crab aboard in a trawl operation
in Kodiak waters by the Coast
Guard on the morning of Monday,
Oct. 14.
The position given by the Coast
Guard of the vessel placed it about
23 miles south of Sitkinak Island.
ADF&G’s Senior King Crab Bi
ologist Guy Powell said the posi
tion given would place the vessels
trawling operations in relatively
shallow waters of from 12 to 30
fathoms depth.
“They would be getting small im
mature crab since at this time of
•the year the bigger commercial
size crab go into deeper waters,’’
said Powell.
Powell said that at present all
the American crab fishermen were
operating in waters from 50 to 100
fathoms depth.
The Japanese vessels trawl oper
ation were reported to be approxi
mately two miles from American
pot gear.
The Akebono Maru #51 is iden
tified as one of four vessels licens
ed by the Fisheries Agency of
Japan to do exploratory fishing for
bottom fish in the Gulf of Alaska.
However, their license is said to
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king crab or halibut and required
them to return those two species
to the ocean whenever they might
be taken in their trawl.
Two other of the four Japanese
vessels have been identified as the
Yakimoto Maru and the Seiyu
Maru. A fourth remains unidenti
fied but is believed to be a Banshu
Maru.
It has been determined that no
American or Canadian observers
were aboard the Akebono or her
sister ships.
Local fishermen have largely
been forced to abandon their usual
fishing grounds by the gangster
style fishery tactics of the Russian
trawling fleet which is reported op
erating in deeper waters offshore
still.
Losses Due To
Soviet Trawling
Nearly $1 Million
With the exception of the two
areas where the Russian trawlers
have been taking crab, the total
king crab catch for Kodiak Island
is considerably higher than last
year.
ADF&G’s Dexter Lall this week
reported that “King Crab catches
are running well ahead of last year
for the same period regardless of
the Russian interference. Total
catch is approximately 14,607,000
pounds and is 3,934,000 pounds
ahead of last year at this time.”
Lall pointed out that for the
three last months (July, August,
September) the poundage in the
Alitak area was down by 1,850,414
and in the Two Headed Island area
371,636 making a total of 2,222,050
less pounds in those two areas
where the Soviet fleets have been
harrassing the Kodiak fishermen.
Lall pointed out that he did not
yet have figures available for the
month of October which will re
flect losses caused by the Commu
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Base Beauties
NAVY DAY QUEEN TO BE . . . No, we don’t know yet, but the
nominees are (left to right) Carolyn Munk (USS KODIAK), Toni
Dotson (Fleet Weather Central), June Parke (Public Woriis),
Dolly Parke (Supply), Pat Hammond (Comptroller), Barbara
Pedrojetti (Operations), and Ann Gee (Navy Exchange). Selected
for the finals by a panel of five judges over Armed Forces Tele
vision Wednesday night were Toni Dotson, Pat Hammond and
Ann Gee. The judges included Lt. Cmdr. W. M. Barnes, Mrs. Jeri
Ekvall, Chief Air Controlman Norman Weiss, Mrs. Louise Pelletier
and Larry Boyd, air controlman first class. The final selection will
be completed Saturday evening over Channel Eight.
(U.S. Navy Photo)