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International Halibut
Commission Warns
Industry
(Continued from last week.)
“The percentage of mature oil
different banks, the age of maturi
ty and the relative rates of growth
on defferent banks also contribute,
with the above facts, to building up
a foundation upon which methods
of regulation can be 3afely built.
This is particularly true of the de
monstration that the younger tish
can be treated and protected as
separate units, bank by bank. So
complete is the information at hand
that the commissioners have a
splendid basis upon which to judge
of the results of any regulations in
effect or proposed. ,
“The commissioners were neces
sarily well pleased with the progress
the director and his scientifically
trained staff 'have made, and so
expressed themselves, but there is
much more to be accomplished be
for the commission will be able to
advise their governments as to prac
tical steps that may be taken to
conserve the halibut. Further meet
ings will be held this fall, when all
the commissioners can be in at
tendance. In the meantime it i3
proposed to invite the principal of
ficers of the -fishermen’s associa
tions, the Vessel Owners’ Associa
tion and t&e leading halibut dealers
on the Pacific coast to visit our of
fices at the University of Washing
ton, Seattle, where the director and
his staff will showr them the nature!
of the data that has been compiled1
—in order that they may be fully!
informed of the drift of the evid-'
ence which the commission has ac
cumulated. This will be followed
by a general meeting, when all in
terested parties will be asked to ex
press their views. Following that
conference the commissioners will
draft an interim report for presenta j
tion to their respective govern
ments.” I
A Difficult Problem
Asked as to the nature of the re
commendation the . commissioners
would recommend, Mr. Babcock re
plied that the commissioners had
not yet reached any conclusions.
“The question,’’ he said, “was
most complex. It is still an open
question as to whether the fishery,
can be conservingly administered.
We are dealing with a deep-sea
fishery extending from Oregon to
Bering Sea, a fishery that tlie pres
ent is engaged in by Canadian and
American fishermen only, hut which
i3 open to the nationals of other
countries. Granted that the banks
off the coast up to Southeastern Al
aska have all been depleted, and
that there are banks yet untouched
in Northwest Alaska and Bering Sea
to be opened, ,the devising of a
system of regulation, it must be ad
mitted, is something in tlie nature
of a real problem. We already have
the opinion of almost every captain
in the Canadian, and Americanhalibut
fishing fleets. With few exceptions
they advocate the closing of certain
banks such as those off Masset and
the Portloclc banks. Others would
go further and close other “old”
banks, until it is tried out no one
is possessed of the knowledge neces
sary to say just what the effect of
closing such banks would have on
the fishery. It might or might not
improve the general situation.
Would Be Experimental
“The closing of the Masset and
Portlock banks at the present time
for experimental purposes would at
least not affect the total catch ma
terially. The fish taken there are
all immature and the bulk too small
tot the market. However any at
tempted regulation can be regarded
only in the way of an experiment.
If those banks were closed for a
period of years they might produce!
a lot of breeders and re-seed them
selves or they might not. Who can
tell? If they are to b© closed for
a period sufficient to re-seed- them
selves how can Canadian and the
United States best take joint and
uniform action? If they are closed
they will have to be watched and
the results of closing scientifically
ascertained. It’s a bridge we have
not reached yet, but we are on our
way toward it.”
DANCE HALL FANNY
A Tale of Gold Rush Days
By AHN-KUTTY
(Continued from last Week).
“Come up to the bar, you folk,
and drink a farewell to Dance Hall
Fan. No one’s dust is any good but
mine in this den tonight. What1
the house ha3 in stock is yours, and
I’m paying. Just for tonight, you
know. I’ll . drink with you, of
course, and I’ll show you how a
body of Alaska can carry her liquor. j
Come and get it. Kelly, pour out
the refreshments.’’
Wing’s palace, in the gray dawnj
of that frigid morning, wasn’t aj
pretty place by any standard. Here
and there on the floor, or benches,
in corners were the stupified—the
down and outers. Up-turned tables
capsized chairs, broken glass, cards
and poker chips made, the place
| look like a tornado had played tag
I in it. Alone and still standing, at
the bar was Fanny, but not the
bright eyed woman who talked to
the crowd at midnight. Tousled
haired, bleary, swollen faced, half
naked, she clung to the bar edge
for support. Slowly she turned her
head toward the ochestra box.
“For the love of God, Jamesy,
quit pounding that bunch of loose
wires and help me put my shirt on.!
Take me out of here, dearie. I’m1
I
alt in. Gee! I’m sick.”
Pellington made no attempt toi
dress her. He rolled her in her!
sable furs and was about to lift her:
from the floor when the door push-;
ed open and a single, heavily coated,
stranger entered. Short and square
was this new comer, flat nosed,
thick lipped and weasel eyed. A
great white scar stood across the
dark skin of his face. Fanny, in
Pellington’s arms looked at him,
shuddered and perceptibly sobered
He whispered to her encore:
“Take me home, quickly, Jamesy.
I know that thing. I’ll tell you
about him later. Get me out.”
The stranger made a sweeping
bow to Fanny, nodded to Pellington
and told Kelly, the bar tender, to
‘‘set ’em up.” Then he gazed
around the room.
‘‘A delightful time I should say,|
from general appearances of this1
interior. What has been the oc
casion?” ;
Before Kelly had the bottle and!
glasses out, and while the stranger j
talked, Pellington, with Fanny cling-j
ing to him—departed.
“Never again,” sobbed the dance j
hull girl, once home and In bed. j
“Gee! What a sight I am. No,,
I’ve had a big plenty and I’ve paid;
in more ways than in money, and
that ran to $1500. But, Jamesy j
that snake who broke in on us. On
the Seattle water front he was known
as “The Rat.” Clancy told me
about him. He’s killed, too, and
he has probably murdered sailors
enough to man a deep-sea, full-rigg
er. He stabbed a girl friend of
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