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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1919
ALASKA FISHERIES MUST BE
PRESERVED
The hearings which have been con
ducted in Seattle under the auspices
of the United States bureau of fisher
ies, for the purpose of getting all pos
sible light and information on the
very pertinent subject of the protec
tion and preservation of the salmon
fisheries of Alaska, have tended to
establish one thing, namely, the ne
cessity for some governmental action
with this end in view-. Upon this im
portant question federal officials, ter
ritorial officials, packers and cannery
men, as well as the general public of
Alaska, are in agreement. Officials
and cannerym.en may differ as to the
best methods to be employed in con
serving the great fishing areas of
Alaska, but the need of conservation
of the salmon fisheries meets no seri
ous opposition from any source.
It has been well understood in
Alaska that the federal government’s
past efforts to protect and conserve
the fishing industry has not been as
effective as it might have been. This
is not to imply that the government
agents were remiss in their duties; it
is rather to suggest that they were
not clothed w-ith sufficient authority
to impose restrictions on fishing in
Certain prescribed areas so as to al
low a goodly quantity of salmon to
escape to spaw-ning grounds.
Yearly, it may be said, there has
been a gradual falling off in the
salmon catch, indicating very clearly
that too many fish were being caught
each season, and hence not enough
escaped to the spawning grounds. The
logical result of this condition is the
present' threatened depletion of the
fisheries. Unless precautionary meas
ures are taken hy the federal govern
ment, it is only a question of time un
til the Alaska salmon fisheries will be
but a memory.
We have arrived at the point where
all concerned are agreed that some
thing shajl be done to conserve the
Alaska salmon industry. This is a
big step in the right direction, and is
the first time that there has been
unanimity in this matter. How to go
about it is another and more difficult
minotimi
We observe that a federal grand
jury, sitting at Valdez, favors the abo
lition of the fish trap as a means of
catching salmon for the canneries,
thus making it more difficult to catch
the fish, hence permitting a much
larger number to escape to the
spawning grounds. In opposition to
this view is the expressed opinion of
the territorial fish hatchery superin
tendent and many others, who think
traps are more desirable than seines
or nets as a means of catching salmon,
and would eliminate these fishing de
vices.
About the first thing to do, it would
seem, is to limit the number of fish
canneries in Alaska to the number in
active operation now. In other words,
permit no more canneries to enter the
Alaska fisheries. In addition to this,
It might be advisable to place restric
tions upon the number of cases the re
spective canneries can pack in a sea
son, thus permitting more salmon to
escape to the spawning grounds.
Rut men familiar with the fish busi
ness, intent upon finding a solution
of this problem, will have no difficulty
in arriving at an amicable adjustment
without seriously disturbing the vest
ed interests of the cannery people
and at the same time conserving the
great fisheries of Alaska.
One thing to be guarded against is
over-conservation. It is easy to over
step in Alaska matters. The locking
up of coal and oil areas in Alaska -
is an indication that too much brass
band in seeking protection to fisheries
may cause such drastic regulations as )
to completely prohibit commercial j
fishing in Alaska.—Alaska Dispatch.
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