FWS Announces 1953
Fishery Regulations
The new 1953 commercial fish- j
ery regulations recently signed
by Secretary of Interior McKay |
contain some changes which will
be of qbvious interest to local
people. Liberalization of personal
use regulations effecting this im- i
mediate area will be of particular
interest to persons residing in
Palmer, Anchorage and the near
by vicinity. Some changes, effect
ing particularly Cook Inlet com
mercial fishermen, will be of wide
general interest.
More Time Allowed This Season
The commercial salmon fish
ing season opens this year on
May 25 at 6 a.m. This allows
48 hours more fishing in the
early season than in 1952 when
fishing began May 30.
The additional two days should
be of particular benefit to resi
dent set net fishermen fishing
King salmon. Fishing time
throughout the season, prior to
July 28 is again set up to allow a
total of 48 fishing hours per week.
The addition of any fishing time
will be dependent upon the abun- ■
dance of salmon and the amount
of outside fishing gear which en-:
ters Cook Inlet.
Six Traps Eliminated
Six trap sites in the upper In
let, originally occupied by the
Emard Packing Company, have
been eliminated. Traps may not
be installed on any of these six
sites in the future. Seldovia Bay
has been closed to commercial
salmon fishing. This closure was
proposed at fishery hearings and
not opposed by fishermen or
members of the industry who
recognize the present low state
of this run. .
Personal Use Fishing
Personal use fishing regulations
are necessarily somewhat com
plex to equatably meet a com- j
plex situation. As requested by j
local groups, some liberalization
has been effected to allow the
taking of salmon for honest per
sonal use in nearby areas.
In commercial fishing areas,
regulations on personal use fish
ing are similar to those in effect
in 1952. All fishing for personal
use in these areas is suoject toi
laws and regulations governing j
commercial fishing during the
period starting 48 hours before
the opening of the commercial
season for such gear and continu
ing until 48 hours after its close.!
Jn effect these new regulations
apply as follows:
■ 1) In all salt water areas of
this district, persons may take
personal use salmon prior to
May 23 and after August 8
without restrictions. (2) Fish
Creek, Ship Creek, Cottonwood
Creek and Campbell Creek are
still closed to all salmon fishing.
In all other streams and lakes,
and within 500 yards of all
streams .salmon may be taken |
with hand rod, hook and line
only. .The bag limit is two sal- .
men per day per person..
Willow Creek Open
Of interest to Valiev people, |
fishing in Willow Creek for sal
mon will be allowed this year.
This fishing will be restricted, as
it is in all other streams of this
district, to a bag limit of two
salmon per day. per person.
In the waters of Knik Arm
north of Pt. Woronzof, fishing for
personal use will be allowed as
follows: (1) Prior to August 6
during the hours open to com
mercial fishing in the Northern
District. .This will ordinarily be
Tuesday, at 6 a.m. to Wednesday
at 6 a.m. and Friday at 6 a.m. to
Saturday at 6 a.m., each week.
(2) Fishing will be by means of
set gill nets which must be at
least 100 yards apart. Each per
son shall use not to exceed 15
fathoms (90 feet) of gill net. This
is in line with requests made by
local sportsmens’ groups last Fall.
In Turnagain Arm personal use
fishing regulations apply as fol
lows: (1) In the salt water areas
west of the towns of Indian and
Hope, no personal use fishing is
allowed after May 23 or before
August 4. East of these towns, in
the salt water area, personal use
fishing with gill nets is restricted
only by the fact that the nets
must be at least 500 yards from
the mouths of spawning streams.
The changes regarding personal
use fishing which have been made
by the new regulations are as
liberal as possible consistent with
conservation needs, Fish and
Wildlife officials announced. FWS
hopes these privileges will not be
abused to necessitate further
restrictions, they said.
NJNE PALMERiTES
ATTEND ARC FIELD
TRAINING EXERCISES
The Anchorage area’s citizen
soldiers, members of the Army’s
Organized Reserve Corps, donned
uniforms for a 15-day period be
ginning April 5.
The temporary change of ap
parel was occasioned by the
opening at Fort Richardson of
this year’s field training exercises.
Participating in the training are
personnel of Detachment 1 of the
Military Intelligence Service Or
ganization, Palmer; Hq. and Hq.
Co., 709th Railway Grand Divi
sion, Anchorage and the 396th
Engineer Utilities Detachment,
Fort Richardson.
“During the 15 days the reser
vists will learn the practical ap
plication of the knowledge grain
ed in armory classroom training,”
stated Lt. Col John J. Lavin,
senior Army instructor, USAR.
The intensive course includes
range firing with individual
weapons, a battle indoctrination
course, a field map exercise and
othe.’ instruction designed to
bring the Reservists up to com
bat efficency.
The training is supported by
regular Army facilities and in
structors from Headquarters,
U. S. Army, Alaska and Fort
Richardson. .
Among those who are attend
ing from the Palmer detachment
are:
Major C. Ivan Branton, Captain
Curtis Dearborn. Lt. Marvin Udi
vet, SFC John Dunlap, Sgt. Ro
land Snodgrass, Sgt. Howard
Campbell, Sgt. Simon Newcomb,
Elmer Haustien and Pvt. Frances
Dinkel.
GAME VIOLATIONS
Richard Greenwood, III. of
Wasilla, pleaded guilty in U. S.
Commissioner’s Court at Wasilla
to a charge of killing a moose out
of season and was fined $300 with
a suspension of $225 and a three
months suspended sentence.
On March 30, 1953 Budd R.
Curtis of Anchorage, pleaded
guilty before U. S. Commissioner
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LET’S GO SKIING!!
With the spring thaws come
muddy roads and with the muddy
roads starts the end of the skiing
season. Although there is still
quite a bit of snow at Little Su
sitna, bad roads and sticky snow
prompted several skiers to bring
their season to a close this past
Sunday.
The "Easier Bonnet" parade
brought out several "dashing"
numbers, from summer crea
tions to an egg nestled in a
nest.
Several skiers went cross
country on a tour to locate higher
skiing areas for next year. They
reported several likely sites.
At the request of the Anchor
age Ski club. Col. F. Duffner,
commanding officer of Fort
Richardson, will insitiule a sys- j
tern of charges for civilians who
utilize the facilities at the Arc
, tic Valley ski bowl. Rates will
be one dollar per day for those
18 years of age and older and
fifty cents per day for those un
der 18 years of age.
Members of the MSC voted at
| their meeting Tuesday night not
; to attempt repairs on the tow
motor this Spring. Rather they
will wait until the motor can be
moved into town for a general
overhaul to condition it for next
winter’s work.
The membership also voted the
purchase of another motor to be
used next year in a higher skiing
area for advance skiing. .
Norman Rousey was appointed
MSC senior member advisor to
the Junior ski club. His duties
will be to work with the juniors
in organizing and planning.
Mae Carter of Wasilla, to a charge
of fishing with three lines and
was fined $25.
UNIVERSITY TO GET
$2,972,000 TOTAL
The University of Alaska was
voted a total of $2,972,000, by the
Legislature, which is an increase
of 32 and % percent over the $2,
241,000 appropriation voted dur
ing the previous legislature, ac
cording to University President
Terris Moore.
President Moore’s comment
was “of course we would have
liked to get and could usefully
apply much more. But I think
now that it is all over every mem
ber of the University should be
grateful for the generous increase
which the Legislature granted.
“Personally I attribute the in
creased support of the Legisla
ture to the fact that this time vir
tifally all the Regents personally
went to the Legislature and Jielp
ed explain the University’s ex
tensive program. And also due to
the fact that ^Legislators from the
entire Territory are now behind
the University for they realize
the sincerity of the effort being
made by the Univerity to teach
the entire Territory through the |
new program the Regents are
considering of eliminaing trans
portation for all Alaskan high
school graduates who wish to
‘go away to college’ by coming to
University’s home campus: and
of the plan for providing part
time night classes in other com
munities for adults who cannot
go away to college but must hold
down full time jobs where they
are.”
HOSPITAL CORPSMAN
STATIONED IN MARYLAND
William O. Siltman, hospital
corpsman third class, U. S. Navy,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ora Siltman
of Palmer has recently reported
at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Beth
esda, Maryland, according to a
new release from Great Lakes,
Illinois.
Siltman completed two years at
Bemidji State Teachers College,
Bemidji, Minnesota and entered
the Naval service in January,
1951.
PLAN FORMAL DINNER
Theta Chapter, Beta Sigma Phi
will hold a formal dinner and in
stallation of officers in honor of
Founder’s Day.
The dinner will be held in the
Co-Op club room April 29.
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TWO NEW HIGHWAYS
RECEIVE NAMES
The Alaska Road Commission
announced last week that two
new Alaska highways are to re
ceive distinctive Alaskan names.
Assistant Secretary Orme Lewis
has approved the names, the
Deanli highway and the Copper
River highway.
The Denali highway originates
at Paxson, located at Mile 188 on
the Richardson highway and ex
tends westerly passing near Cant
well on the Alaska railroad, end
ing at McKinley Park station,
entrance to the park.
The Copper River highway be
gins at Cordova on the Gulf of
Alaska and will follow the course
of the Copper river for approxi
mately 131 miles to a point of in
tersection with Edgerton Cutoff
at Chitina. This route will provide
a highway link from Cordova and
intermediate settlements with
Anchorage and other interior
points and the Alaska highway.
A scientific method of design
ing safe and economical under
ground structure, such as tunnels,
mine rooms, and slopes, may soon
be provided by a new type of
centrifugal testing apparatus de
veloped in the Eastern Experi
ment Station of the Bureau of
Mines at College Park, Md.
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