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KODIAK .?> - An American
ii.'-iiinr; boat captain sai | Wed
nesday lie and other kite; crab
fishermen have had to quit fishing
off tiie southeast tip of Kodiak
Island because of large-scale So
viet trawling.
Marines Westman, skipper of the
«•»(•-! out vessel Tula, said fishermen
have lost crab pots and buoys ;
because of the Soviet dragging. He
said he and the others have been ;
fishing about five miles offshore, !
"The Russians are trawling at
night and can t help but scrape
up our gear,” Westman said.
In Juneau, Coast Guard Com- j
mander Owen Siler said he knew !
nothing about Soviet operations!
off Kodiak.
A state official, who didn’t want
to be quoted by name, confirmed
Westninn's account.
Westman said he and others had
been fishing about 10 miles south
of 1 wo-Headed Island, which is
about five miles off Kodiak Island.
“They’re all through that area
now,” Westman said. “This has
been coming on for the last month.
Monday morning was the climax
as far as I was concerned. We’ve
been trying to avoid their trawlers
but now they're trawling right in
our gear.
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urK d the U.S. State Depnrun, >.<
yesterday to confer immediate!
vv Ah Hus'ia over conflic ts \n t ,>,<(■:)
Soviet trawlers and American kiti •
crab fishing opera!ions off Kodiak
Island.
h.t;an ; appeal, contained in a
wire sent to Un d or sec-re! a r v of
State George Ball, came a w .d:
after Kodiak king crab boat skip
per, Lee Andrich, said the pre
sence of 14 Soviet trawlers had
forced him to abandon prime crab
waters 3u miles south of Kodiak
Andrich said pot crab fishing,
to which American fishermen are
limited, is impossible in the face
of Russian trawling opera'asm
He said Russian trawlers swept
the ocean floor clean of both kite,
crab and American crab p .
Following is the text o' Earn:'
wire to Ball:
"The gravity of problems off
shore from Kodiak Island are such
that explosive ink -motional com
plications could result.
“Russian trawlers have time and
again severed lines: of American
crab fishing gear used by Amer
icans in historic American crab
fishery areas.
"American boat- literalk. f re i
off traditional fishing rum:
through indiscriminate passa ■ <>:
Russian trawlers through this
area.
“The loss of gear to Americans
is reported running into the thou
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-and of dollar-a The har of such
ol .1 ar ' - forced abandon
'sent r.f tradits mal live!.hood in
• re a y other American fishermen.
"The- • occurrences have in
creased in frequency in recent
days.
"W:*h M , view in mind that
Rus ien 'rawlerr use common
• ■"uricsy and discretion in their
fise.it>-.. efforts, it is with great
c t; ■ • that I unto that tru L'.S.
Si a *{■ Departm nt confer who
Russian dip. mat- resaiding this
matt.'r.
"Russian trawling gear and
'crab fishing' methods are not
compatible with American gear in
the areas involved.
"I also strongly urge that a
team headed by Mr. 'William C.)
Herrington, U.S. State Department
Fisheries, representative, be dis
patched to Kodiak immediately to
accept first hand information.
| "I would appreciate a prompt
reply as the action contemplated.”
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