Herrington Says Russian Fishing
Operations a Dramatic Demonstration
KODIAK UP) — William Herring
ton said Thursday the 12 Soviet
vessels he had seen Wednesday off
the southeastern shore of Kodiak
Island were a “rather dramatic
demonstration” of the situation
described to him by local fisher
men.
Herrington, a specialist on fish
eries and wildlife, is an assistant
to the Undersecretary of State.
He, Gov. Win, Egan, and other
state and federal officials viewed
a part of the Russian fishing fleet
in action from the Coast Guard
cutter Storis.
Aboard the Storis they had
steamed through a Soviet fishing
fleet consisting of nine side trawl
ers over 100 feet in length and
three refrigerator ships about 200
feet long. Several other trawlers
were believed to be nearby.
The weather was bright and
clear, and the geographical points
which generally delineate the
southeastern Kodiak crab fishery
could be plainly seen with the
naked eye — Sitkinak Island to
Five Final Payments
Made for Airport Projects
Five final payments for airport
projects developed under the fed
eral aid airport program were re
ceived by the State of Alaska, Eu
gene Roguszka of the Division of
Aviation reported recently. The
total of the five payments was
$22,703.77.
These checks include a final pay
ment of $1.799.37 for the paving
project at Homer; a $139 97 check,
representing the fifth and final
payment on Akiak, a secondary
airport on the Kuskokwim River;
a $8,250 check, representing the
final payment on Allakaket, a
trunk airport located on the Koyu- j
kuk River in interior Alaska; a
check for $8,250 for final payment
at the secondary airport of Ki
valina on the Arctic Coast; and
the fifth check for $4,264.43, cover
ing work on the Nondalton Airport ;
project on Lake Illiamna.
The Akiak project was begun
in the summer of 1958 and com
pleted in 1960. Total monies now
received for Akiak stand at
$89,484.
The work at Kivalina began in :
the summer of 1959 and was fin
ished in the summer of 1960. Total
monies received from the federal |
government for this steel mat sur- 1
faced bush airport was $82,500.
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the south, Sitkalidak Island to the
north, and the Kodiak mainland
rising sharply from the sea to the
west.
The Storis did not go alongside
any of the Soviet vessels. It came
within about 300 yards of one of
the refrigerator ships, its closest
approach to any of the vessels.
There were several women on the
deck with a number of crewmen,
one of them wearing a bright
orange dress. None of the Russians
waved when the Storis passed.
Herrington and Egan had flown
to Jap Bay where the State De
partment of Fish and Game power
barge Widgeon was waiting to
take them to the Storis, anchored
in deeper water outside the bay.
Herrington and Egan interview
ed several fishermen in the Wid
geon’s galley, fishermen who had
lost crab pots in the area since
the Russians had appeared.
None had actually witnessed the
Russians passing over their gear,
but all were convinced the Rus
sians had done so. Crab fishermen
occasionally lose pots but always
know how the pots are lost, ex
plained one fisherman. Buoy lines
may become entangled in a boat’s
propeller and be cut or a line may
snap when a pot heavily loaded
with crab is being hauled in, he
said.
Herrington again suggested that
crab pot buoys be more clearly
marked. Egan urged the Kodiak
fishermen’s organizations attempt
to ascertain their collective gear
losses, put a monetary value on
them. Such data "would be of im
measurable value to the State De
partment,” he said.
"I am heartened that Mr. Her
rington is considering several ap
proaches to present to his superiors
which might result in an early al
levation of the immediate problem
which exists,” Egan said.
“To see Soviet vessels operating
in the very areas from 10 to 20
miles from shore that our fisher
men have historically developed
and fished causes one to fully un
derstand the need for an immediate
top-level national solution that will
protect the traditional resources of
American citizens,” he concluded.
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I KETC'MIKAN /? T o estab
lishment of a base line in the Gulf
ol Alaska to separate Russian
trawling operations from Ameri
can crab fishing was suggested as
a possibility here by Rep. Ralph
Rivers.
The congressman returned here
this week to start his re-election
cam paign.
Before he left Washington. He
said, he and Sen. E. L. Bartlett had
conferred with Undersecretary of
State George Ball and State De
partment Fisheries experts.
“We went over the entire mat
ter of the North Pacific Fisheries
Treaty to firm up what the State
Department attitude should be in
the forthcoming negotiations lead
ing to ihe treaty’s renewal.
“We regard salmon as a re
source which must be treated dif
ferently from the ordinary com
modity, in the process of > ate
adjustment. and mutual t ■ ale
agreements with Japan." !■-• aid.
“The matter of abstention by
Japan, from taking salmon in the
area east of the 175th degree longi
tude west is certainly not a matter
for negotiation.
“We also discussed the matter
of Russian ground fishing off Ko
diak Island. We felt the Russians,
although in international waters,
were much too close to Alaska. We
warned that the Russian ground
fishing was dangerous to American
crab fishing.
Rivers suggested that the United
States, in conference with Russia,
could establish a base line in the
Gulf of Alaska to separate the two
operations.
The congressman commented
the current session of Congress
j was We longest in peace time his
tory. He said he was able to leave
I before formal adjournment aftei
I talking to Senate-House conferees
on matters pertaining to Alaska.
In Kentucky, where most o:
America’s whisky is made, more
than half the population lives in
dry counties.
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KODIAK T -- A L'i up of fed
! ■ ra] and stale officials got a first
hand look Wednesday at Russian
!;m: operations near Two-Head
ed Island southeast of hen.
The party, headed by Gov. Wm
E. an and William Herrington, a
i State Department Fisheries and
Wildlife expert, in pected a fleet
| of 12 Russian vessels.
An Anchorage Times reporter
with the officials aboard the Coast
: Guard cutter Storis said the So
; vie1 fleet included thr< e refriger
1 ator ships and nine trawlers. The
j Storis came within 300 yards ol
1 one refrigerator ship, he said.
, The inspection trip followed
| numerous complaints by Ameri
can crab fishermen that they had
to leave the prime fishing area
I because the Russian trawlers were
i destroying their crabbing equip
j merit. By Alaskan law, American
| fi. berm on must use crab pots in
their operation.
nblisher Will Visit Hero
j The following men will be ar
j riving on Wiew Flight 311 12 for
! a quick look-see of Nome and Kot
| zobue:
Mr. A. Lane Jr., president "n
i eral manager of the Lane Pub. Co.,
j who indolently publishes the Sun
j set magazine and will shortly be
I publishing an Alaska Discovery
book.
Mr. Frank Chambers, president
of a large California investment
firm, who has participated in
some large Alaskan investments.
These gentlemen have been at
tending the Alaska State Chamber
meeting in Anchorage and have
taken the time to see a little mon
of Alaska.
! New 58 Million Jet Added to
Kennedy's Special Plane Fleet
WASHINGTON J* — Pre ident
Kennedy and top government of
ficials have a new jet added to
their special plane fleet. The $8
million jet was flown Wedne day
from Seattle to Andrews Air Force
Ba.se, Md., in 4 hours and 8 min
utes.
The faster jet, an adaptation of
the Boeing 707-720B. has a 7,000
mile range — an increase of 2,500
mile over the present jets used by
the President. The craft is cap
able of operating on shorter run
ways and has improved commu
nication capability.
National Lottery . . .
LAS VEGAS, Nev. UP- — For
mer President Harry S. Truman is
advocating a national lottery to
pa" off the national debt.
"When the federal government
wts behind i* and everyone knows
0 .■ absolutely / ;r. r isn't gamb
le-"-'." he told a news • oriferer .
Wednesday.
Truman is in La.- Ye... a.- for ' c
National Convention of the Amer
ican Legion.
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