SAGA OF KODIAK
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reds find enough rich food in the
upswelling of the Kura Siwa cur
rent, that commences its ocean
drift across the Pacific near the
far-off Philippines, to confine their
feeding to the Gulf of Alaska.
Although the wholesale value of
the Kodiak pack soared to around
19 million dollars in 1962, it gen
erally averages from 12 to 15 mil
lion.
State Fish and Game biologists
combining department research,
management and engineering, suc
cessfully opened 72 square miles of
virgin watershed in South Kodiak
this summer to spawning by a fish
way, after consistent effort that
spanned a dozen years. It is esti
mated that this hitherto unused
watershed is capable of producing
upwards of three million salmon,
with an annual harvestal catch to
the fisherman of a million and
one-half salmon annually.
Shrimp, Crab, Clams
The shrimp caitch during the past
two years has averaged 12 to 13
million pounds. The market for this
sea food has been weakened by the
competition of cheaper imports
from India.
The dungeness crab fishery
which yielded almost 2 million
pounds in 1962, has fallen behind
in 1963. Simon believes this is
merely due to a lessening of the
catch effort.
Razor clams give promise of an
other seafood ndustry for Kodiak.
King Crab, which has precipitat
ed the present unresolved crisis
with foreign fishing intrusions, has
been a heady boon for Kodiak. A
fairly steady effort started in 1951
with the taking of 30 thousand crab
that yielded 300 thousand pounds
of meat. The fishery then expand
ed for two or three years, then
stabilized as the market strength
ened.
There were some canning prob
lems such as extracting meat from
the crab, getting it properly cook
ed and putting a product on the
market attractive to the public.
Technology gradually licked these
problems which helped result in a
stronger market beginning in 1959.
There has also been an evolu
tionary development of the vessels
and the crab pots. The conserva
tion measures taken by the Board
of Fish and Game to ensure the
perpetuation of the King Crab have
not resulted in lower harvest.
When the 30-pot limit per boat
went into effect, the, Kodiak pro
duction was about 15 million
pounds.
Although the fleet hasn’t grown
much, the catch has gone up every
year since then. The King Crab
catch for the fiscal year ending
In Alaska, people have a
taste for gc: i living and
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Frances Coles
Heads Grandmas
Frances Coles was installed as
president of the Grandmothers’
Club Monday, Oct. 14, at installa
tion of officers ceremonies held at
Beulah Ogborn’s home.
Other new officers installed by
Past President Inez Shields were:
Eldis Gillian, vice president; Hazel
Briggs, secretary; Reggie Damery,
treasurer.
Census estimates as of July 1,
1963, put Alaska’s total population
at 248,000 — a 22,000 increase in
three years.
July 1, 1963 was a whopping 36
million pounds. This represented
60 per cent of Alaska’s total pro
ducton of 55 million pounds.
Alaska is the only member of our
50 states that produces King Crab
commercially. The industry can
never be stabilized and managed
with assurance of continual growth
by the state of Alaska until the
ruthless exploitation by foreign
vessels of our fishery resources on
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representatives are fighting to put
into effect.
Psycho Institute
At Anchorage
Completes Year
The Alaska Psychiatric Institute
has completed a full year of opera
tion as of Oct. 16, and a total of 231
patients has been admitted for
treatment during the first year of
operation, Dr. Stanley J. Rogers,
Superintendent, announced today.
The first patient was admitted
on Oct. 16, 1962, just 37 days after
formal dedication of the facility.
Of the number admitted thus far,
55 are transfers from Morningside
Hospital in Portland, the private
facility which has cared for Alas
ka’s mentally ill under contract
ual agreement since the early
1900’s, and the other 176 patients
admitted for acute treatment come
from areas representing ail sec
tions of Alaska. Dr. Rogers noted
that no adult patients requiring
psychiatric hospitalization has had
to be sent outside of Alaska for
treatment since the Institute open
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