FISH CREEK SALMON ESCAPEMENT IS
BELOW SAFETY MARGIN, FWS WARNS
Salmon escapement at Fish
Creek this season was only a lit
tle more than one-third of what
it should have been, Holger Lar
sen of the Anchorage Fish and
Wildlife Service said this week.
Mr. Larson said J. Wold, who
manned the weir there this sea
son, had fixed the escapement fig
ure at 30.000. “It should have
been 80,000,” Mr. Larsen com
mented grimly.
Comparative figures were not
readily available. However long
time fishermen said the escape
ment at the popular fishing spot
has been dropping steadily for
the past three years.
The figure becomes an even
greater cause for concern when
it is remembered that not all
salmon which pass the weir reach
the spawning grounds. Other
fishermen at Big Lake and in the
creek waters above the weir take
their toll of the fish.
In addition, many of the un
caught fish do not get up to the
spawning grounds. A snagged
salmon, which is not landed, will
die before it spawns, the FWS
agent said.
Mr. Larsen sees no way in
which conservation measures may
be applied, until Congressional
action prohibits the taking of
salmon in streamsr The original
purpose of the law was to allow
Alaskans the right to take a win
ter’s supply of food for them
selves and their dogs. But Mr.
Larsen feels that need for that
law is past, and that, in the in
terests of conservation, the terri
tory’s streams should be closed
during the salmon runs.
Fish Creek continues to at
tract an ever-increasing number
of fishermen. FWS agents count
ed a total of 63 cars parked there
in one day, at the height of the
season just past. A few carried
Outside licenses, and in at least
one instance, a caravan of Out
siders camped at Fish Creek and
packed a reported 1.500 cans of
fish in the mobile cannery they
brought with them.
Although fish taken from the
creek are required to be regis
tered, FWS officials say the re
corded total is alw’ays below ac
tual catches. The Fish Creek
register shows that 6,700 salmon
of all types were caught there
this season. Mr. Larsen estimates
the correct total is nearer 10,000
fish.
There was not much evidence
of w'aste at Fish Creek this year.
Neither were there any arrests for
game law violations there.
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Navy Discontinues
Voluntary Separation
Of Men, Women Officers
Voluntary separation of com
missioned officers from the naval
service has been discontinued, it
was announced this week by the
Department of Defense. The sus
pension is expected to save the
Navy approximately 1,700 officers
during the next year.
The policy will suspend the vol
untary release of all officers from
active duty, except, regular Navy
or Naval Reserve officers re
questing retirement after 30
years of service.
The policy extends to women
officers and to nurses. Also, wom
en officers requesting resignation
because of marriage will have
their requests held in abeyance.
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SUIT ASKS $10,000
FOR ALLEGED BEATING
A $10,000 damage suit has been
filed in Third District Court at
Anchorage, as the result of an
Aug. 10 melee near Goat Creek
Mill. In the suit Samuel W. Wil
son asks that sum of Fred “Phil”
Everett and Richard' Hannen.
Wilson alleges that the pair
“jointly jumped” on him, “beating
his head, knocking out two teeth,
scarring his face and injuring his
ribs.” Wilson says he required
medical care for a cut lip, which
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alleged attack.
Chugiak Maui Sued for Damages
Resulting From Attack
James A. McDowell, Chugiak
garageman jailed this spring for
six months, for assaulting his
neighbors with a fire extinguish
er, was sued for damages this
week, as an aftermath of the at
tack. Rollin Lentz, one of the two
Chugiak men McDowell struck,
asks $25,000 damages. He charges
the attack left him subject tc
headaches and dizzy spells, and
that he lost considerable time
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An Alaska Day is planned at '
Chicago’s fair this month, it was
learned here this week. As a
part of the day’s program, it is
understood that merchandise con
tributed by Alaskan businessmen
will be given away, through a
drawing, to help publicize the ^
territory. The Valley Frontiers
man has little definite informa
tion concerning other plans for
Alaska day at the Chicago fair.
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