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Tokyo Talk Negotiators
State Senator Al Owen, U.S. Senator E. L. “Bob Bartlett, and Ambas
sador Benjamin Smith II, discuss strategy during a meeting of the
American Delegation at the U.S. —Japan-Canada fisheries negotia
tions held in Tokyo from Sept. 16 to October 7. The talks seek agree
ment on North Pacific fisheries problems among the three nations.
Senator Al Owen Reports On Tokyo
Talks About H. Pacific Fish Treaty
By Senator Al Owen
Dear Folks: I’m just back from Tokyo, Japan where I was an adviser
on the US. Delegation to the North Pacific fishery talks held there.
These talks the second of a series of these discussions, seek to resolve
the disagreement between Japan on one hand and the U.S. and Canada
on the other.
The United States’ position is clear and simple. We believe that the
salmon and halibut of the Northeastern Pacific should be caught by
U.S. and Canadian fishermen and not by anyone else. The Japanese po
sition is that these two species of fish are found on the high seas and
because of the generally recognized international doctrine of freedom
of fishing on the high seas they have the right to fish these and any
other fish found on the high seas.
The Japanese have said that they are willing to join in conservation
programs, but to us this is not enough. We have maintained that the
US. and Canada have special rights to these two fishery resources and
therefore we think our fishermen and no others should harvest them
though they may occur at some time of their lives on the high seas.
We have further developed the argument that our fishermen and the
American public have spent scores of millions of dollars and much time
and effort to maintain and increase the salmon and halibut resources
and that because of this we are deserving of the fruits of these sacri
fices and costs. We have pointed out that, if our people are not to be
allowed the catches of salmon and halibut, then they are not going to
be willing to continue the costs, and the destruction of these resources
of salmon and halibut will surely result. We have pointed out to the
Japanese that such a result is not in their interest or ours.
I’m happy to report to you now that we’ve made some progress at
these meetings. As a result of a suggestion by the US. to modify the
present Convention and rewrite the Principle of Abstention so that it
will not sound so objectionable to the Japanese, the Japanese side have
agreed to partial recognition of our special rights to salmon and halibut.
They say this differently than I have, but this is what it amounts to.
So far, I can assure you we have protected the right of American
fishermen to salmon and halibut and have gotten this partial recogni
tion from the Japanese. Still much remains to be accomplished and we
feel that another round of discussions in the spring will bring the three
nations even closer together.
The US. delegation is a good one. It is headed by Ambassador Smith,
a former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and a close friend of Sen
ators Bartlett and Magnusson as well as the President. He has done an
outstanding job and has listened carefully and sometimes at length in
us Alaskans. Besides myself, there are from Alaska Walt Kirkness,
Director of the Alaska Fish and Game Department; Dr. Fred McGuin
ess, President of Alaska Methodist University; Gordon Jensen from
Petersburg, a member of the Fish and Game Commission and Lowell
Wakefield. All of us have had a good opportunity to speak our minds
and we think that we have protected the fishery interests of you people
While the problem of possible Japanese king crab fishing in the Gulf
of Alaska has not been a point of these negotiations, it has been very
much in the background. It does not come under protection by
the North Pacific Treaty, but we hope that Japan and Russia
can be persuaded that king crab are animals of the Contin
ental Shelf, and belong to the United Sates because of this. This general
concept was agreed to by the Geneva Conference of 1958 on the Law
of the Sea although it does not yet have wide enough agreement to be
considered International Law. Even so, we are hopeful that we can pro
tect our king crab by asserting our rights under this Convention.
Well this has been a long report, but I have thought it important
enough to put down in seme detail. I hope this finds you all in good
health.
A1 Owen
Senator
KING CRAB AND PATTY
MULLEN MAKE TIME!
This week’s issue of TIME mag
azine features a lengthy article
about world fisheries in which
Kodiak's recent troubles with for
eign fishing fleets receives atten
tion. There also are several color
photos of the King Crab industry
including one in which Patty Mul
len of Afognak is shown.
FRANKLIN WILL REPRESENT
Eddie Franklin will represent
the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce
at the Alaska State Chamber of
Commerce convention which will
meet in Juneau Oct. 17-19.
FIRST SNOW
Kodiak’s first snow of the season
fell early Tuesday morning when a
barely perceptible fall of snow
flakes fluttered down. It disappear
ed quickly when the sun came up.
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KHS Cross Country Team
Pictured here are members of the seven man KHS Cross Country
team which will try to wrest the crown away from Palmer this
Saturday. (1 to r) Standing are Ian Fulp, Mike Nixon, Wayne
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