Jap Captains Are
Released ... Fleet
Will Leave Strait
KODIAK UR — Three Japanese
vessel captains arrested by the
state last weekend for alleged vio
lations of commercial fishing reg
ulations were released Thursday
after they and the commander of
the six-vessel Japanese herring
fleet operating in Shelikof Strait
agreed to leave the strait pending
trial of the case at Anchorage.
Two boats seized at the time of
the arrests and their crews were
allowed to leave Kodiak harbor
yesterday.
The defendants are Mongo Hana
saki, captain of the 1,772-ton
mothership, Banshu Mara, and
Higashima Tadao and Mine Sa
toshi, captains of the two smaller
catcher ships. '
Bail for the three — $2,500 for
Hanasaki and $500 each for the
other captains — was posted by
the Alaska Associated Agencies
Bonding Co. of Anchorage.
Reach Final Agreement
The Japanese captains and their
court-appointed attorney, Peter J.
Kalamarides of Anchorage, had
conferred a day and a half and
late into two nights before a final
agreement was reached as to the
position they would take. Fleet
commander Hisao Yamaki, who ar
rived at Kodiak Wednesday, sat in
on the final conference when the
course of action was determined.
The State of Alaska, represented
by District Attorney James Merbs
of the Third Judicial District, had
proposed to release the captains oh
bond if they would agree to leave
Shelikof Strait pending settlement
of the case.
The captains appeared several
times before Superior Court Judge
James Fitzgerald who flew to Ko
diak to arraign them.
Fitzgerald allowed the defend
ants and their attorney to confer
at length before they reached a
decision on the State'S proposal.
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At the conclusion of the pro
tracted arraignment, F i t z geralc
gave the Japanese five days to cleai
the strait.
The Japanese had told the judge
they needed time to obtain instruc
tions from Japan as to where then
fleet will now operate.
Advised to Accept Proposal
Kalamarides said he had advisee
his clients to accept the State’s pro
posal. “I advised them there coulc
be more arrests and it would be
to their benefit to accept and thej
agreed,” he said.
Kalamarides emphasized that ac
ceptance of the proposal is binding
only on the herring fleet, not or
the Japanese government. None oi
the Japanese entered pleas to the
charges against them.
“The state is satisfied — now we
are before the courts for a deter
mination of the state’s rights,” said
Merbs. “We must protect the basic
economy of Alaska.”
He said there would be continued
enforcement of state fishing regula
tions in all waters of Alaska.
The agreement between the
State of Alaska and the Eastern
Pacific Fisheries Co., Japanese
owners of the fishing boats, in no
way settled the dispute over the
right to fish in the waters of
Shelikof Strait.
The agreement stated that
“neither party shall waive, sur
render nor abbrogate any rights,
historical or otherwise, that they
may have had or claim or which
may be in existence at the time
of the seizure.”
However, the company agreed tc
cease fishing in the disputed area
until a final decision is reached.
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'Bartlett Sides With
1 Egan on Seizure
Of Jap Vessels
WASHINGTON W _ Sen. E. L.
Bartlett sided Thursday with Gov,
, Wm. Egan in the state’s seizure of
!two Japanese fishing vessels off
the Alaska Coast.
Bartlett said the governor ur
gently requested advice anu counsel
of the State Department after a
Japanese fleet was sighted immedi
ately off the coast early this month.
“The record shows clearly,”
Bartlett said, “that Gov. Egan
sought to handle this grave and
vexing problem with ‘delicacy’ and
moved unilaterally only after end
less frustrations and delays.”
Bartlett stated his position in a
letter to the Washington Post, a
copy of which he made public. The
letter was in reply to an editorial
in which the Post said of the gov
ernor:
“Whatever the final outcome
may be, he needs to be taught a
lesson to the effect that internation
al relations are handled by the
Department of State.”
Egan sought State Department
advice on April 2 when the Japan
ese boats were sighted, Bartlett
said, adding:
“When seven days had passed
without even the courtesy of an,
acknowledgement from the State
Department, days during which the
Japanese fleet was actively en
gaged in fishing, Gov. Egan called
a high official of the State Depart
ment . . . only to learn that he
had not been advised of the situa
tion.”
Bartlett said the governor urged
the department on April 9 to send
a representative to Juneau and that
the representative arrived April 13.
Egan then was told, Bartlett said,
that it would take at least three
weeks to prepare a statement of
the State Department’s position.
“Gov. Egan said he could not
wait that long,” Bartlett said. “He
did not The Japanese ships were
seized the following day.”
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