FWS Attempts
To Clarify
Trap Stand
The authority to prohibit fish
traps in Alaskan waters is not fully
understood, Clarence Rhode, reg
ional director of the Fish and Wild
life Service, stated today in releas
*ng a memorandum on the subject
Horn Washington, D. C.
“In fishing hearings just ended
and in briefs now being received,
we have received a number of de
mands that fish traps be elimin
ated—and the reason generally
given boils down to the fact that
this person or that group is oppos
ed ta traps,” Rhode said.
“Everything gets down to econ
omic instead of biological precept :,
and as the statement by A1 Day, our
director, outlines, this is not rea
son for the Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice to outlaw fish traps.”
The Washington statement says:
“The testimony of many witness
es appearing at hearings concern
ing Alaska fishery regulations this
fall, and their repeated demands
that all fish traps be prohibited in
Alaskan waters by regulation, indi
cates that the authority of the
Department of the Interior to issue
such regulations is not fully under
stood.
White Act Authority •
“The Act of June 6, 1924, as
amended, known as the “White
Act,” gives the Secretary of the
Interior authority to divide the
waters of Alaska into fishing areas
or districts, and within such areas
to establish seasons during which
fishing may be limited or prohibit
ed. This authority to limit fishing
includes fixing the size and charac
ter of nets, boats, traps, or other
gear, specifying the catch of fish
to be taken, and otherwise fixing
the time, means, methods, and ex
tent of fishing. Two requirements
must be met in the exercise of this
authority: (1) regulations must be
of general application within each
area to which they apply and must
not grant an exclusive right of fish
ery, and (2) they must be for the
purpose of protecting and conserv
ing the fisheries.
“It has been argued that fish
trap operation in Alaska constitute
an exclusive fishery right and there
fore is contrary to the intent of the
White Act. This would b^ true
1 if trap sites were open only to cer
| tain individuals or companies. Such
i is not the case. Areas open to traps
can be.occupied by anyone, and the
! required permits and liccn. cs are
available to anyone applying fer
them. There is no property :i>ht in
any trap site in Alaska, and the
j operator of a trap at any given
site has r.o guarantee that he will
| be able to install a trap at that
i site in future years. The same ap
i plies in the case of set or anchored
' _-iil nets wherever they are permit
ted to operate. When two traps or
j ret nets arc installed in an area
i open to traps but less than ths
minimum distance apart, the courts
—not the Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice or the Department of the In
terior—determine which is entitled
to operate.
Fewer Traps
"There were 7S9 salmon traps in
Alaska in 1927. By 1938 this number
was reduced to about 450 by clos
ing trap sites in bays and inlets,
rnd elsewhere also when there was
clear evidence that a trap at any
given point was the cause of deple
tion of a specific run of salmon.
A number of trap sites have been
closed since 1938, but no new sites
have been opened.
“Information concerning routes
of migration, spawning escape
ments, and catch statistics all indi
cate that in areas w’here traps and
other gear are used, no one form
of gear can be blamed for fluctua
tions in the abundance of salmon.
When the catch in any district is
excessively large, all gear operating
there is responsible, and the elim
ination of any one form of gear
would merely result in improved
catches by the gear remaining.
“Since a general prohibition
against the use oi traps in Alaska
would be an economic rather than a
conservation move, it is not within
the scope of authorized regulatory
action.
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Mrs. Jean GcriVtt, 20, who learned r.;.t I;r.g ago that this v.il lie her
lest C-hiiitmas, hrips her husband, Thomas, decorate a tree in their
Los Angeles home. She is suffering lroir an incurable lymphatic
disease, say her doctors, but "I am ret afraid to cUV," she slid.
Her three srrs, Hobby, 2; Thomas, (I, and Raleigh, six months, da
not knew thei mo ter will mm leave r • ra 131 Wlrcphcto.
' Development Fund
Mspied by OH
PARIS, Dec. 14 — W — The Eco
nomic Committee of the U. N.
Assembly, over strong U.S. objec
tions, adopted today a small power
resolution proposing establishment
of a huge world development fund.
A United States delegate had
warned the committee U.S. support
for the project couid not be counted
upon. The vote was 28 for, 20
■ him i i■■ i ii i i r -ri i --ii—m
against anti 9 abstentions. The
Western Big Three voted against it,
the Russian Bioc abstained.
Rep. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont),
U.S. delegate, said the plan wouldn't
work because only the United States
has any money at all for it and it
already is deeper into the pur e
than any other country.
Burma, Chile, Cuba Egypt and
Yugoslavia sponsored i resolution
that would set up a detailed plan
for a special fund to finance eco
nomic development cf underdevel
oped countries.
YES, you’ll find cur store
filled to overflowing with
66jlist the right” gift ap
propriate for EVERYONE
you want to rein either at
Christmas time. Mere are
Just a few gift suggestions.
For Father...
Power Tools
Electric Razor
Smoking Stands
Hand Tools
Sporting Goods
Swing Rocker
Hunting Knives
For Mother,..
Chinaware — Crystal
Electric Lamps
Davenport and Chair I
Chrome Dinette
Occasional Chairs
End Table — Coffee Tabic
Electric Mixers
For Sister . 0«,
I$ed Lamps
Hollywood Beds
Inner Springs
Mattress and Springs
Bedroom Chairs
Cedar Chests
Dolls-Games
For Brother...
Fishing Rods
Rifles.
22 to 30-06
Pocket Knives
Compasses
Mechanical loys
Tools of All Kinds '
YES’ you'll find Ihese and a wide choice of other gifts
that will say MERRY CHRISTMAS for you the morning
of DECEMBER 25! *
THOMAS HARDWARE and FURNITURE
Sled Dogs Train
Handlers, Says
British Explorer
LONDON, Dec. 14—You don’t
train sled doss, n British explorer
tcid the Royal Society of Arts to
day. They train explorers.
Cambridge Geologist V. E. Fuchs,
who led an exploration party mar
ooned in the disputed antarctic
wastes for two years, told the
society the term “dog training" is
just a “face-saver” because “it is
more often the team which trains
I the new driver.”
He added “after I insisted on
c me particularly silly maneuvet
my ti .<der would stop and loo!:
round with ' > :.*r of sorrowing
■ inquiry."
Fuchs led a team or mappers
ncl geologists whose work was de
i ned to help Bii’ain clinch her
' claim to a big wedge of rock, ice
; and water from Cape Horn back to
the pole. Three nations Chile, Ar
gentina, and Britain—have been
diplomatically haggling over parts
'of the area for years.
I” A state headquarters was set up
in Nashville, Tennesse, today to
promote Senator Estes Kefauver
as the Democratic candidate for
i President of the United States.
I Plans to organize on a nation-wide
‘basis are being drawn.
i _
Juneau Singers lo
Sive Com! Sunday
Forty-1' •unoou Singers un
dor the vtion of Miss Marjorie
Iverson will .,>rsent "The Fong of
Christmas" and ether Qhristmns
uns-ic i.i .heir annual Yuletide pre
scnfnUcn to the people of Juneau.
Sunday nt 2:30 In the Twentieth
Century Theatre. The Juneau Sing
er .5 : ’ ; rateful to tho Twentieth
Century Theatre for making tills
aim;■•;! event posTblc. There is no
ndr.h'..'i vi charge, but a free-will
Offering will he taken to defray
expenses of the concert, primarily
the purchase of music. It Just isn't
p, -ibie to name nil these who have
ccnh United t. the success of this
:r:■ •gram; all the members of the
chcrtis have r.ct only learned the
music but helped with the produc
tion; Miss Ivcrscn and friends have
mode decorations. Special mention
is made of Miss Margaret Mal
ond -■ work on Rudolph thr Red
Nosed Reindeer.
The public is invited to go early
to be in their seats by 2:30 p.m.
when the processional of enrols will
start.
President Truman liar, made one
thing emphatic—he has no inten
tion of dismissing Attorney Gen
eral McGrath or Democratic Na
tional Chairman Frank McKinney.
Both have been under fire in the
Capitol Hill investigation of tax
scandals.
Bill McCo!! Wins
Foolisa!! Tiile
lineman of Yeir
NEW YORK, Dec. 14 — l,T) — Bill
McColl, a big factor In Stanford's
winning of the Pacific Coast Con
ference football title and the Rose
Bowl spot against Illinois, hfts been
selected as the lineman of the
year.
The 21-year-old 225-pound end
from San Diego was the choice of
103 sportswrlttrs and sportscast
ers participating in the Associated
Press poll.
"The greatest lineman I have
ever seen," said Coach Chuck Tay
lor of Stanford.
Big Bill, named on the Associated
Press' All-America offensive team,
received 17 votes for his feats of
catching 42 passes, seven for touch
downs, and picking tip 607 yards.
Two All-America tackles, Don
Coleman of Michigan State and
Jim Weatherall of Oklahoma, tied
for second place with Bob Ward,
Maryland's All-America guard, right
at their heels.
Bob Carey, Michigan State’s All
America offensive end, was next in
line with seven votes. He was fol
lowed by Pat Canamella of South
ern California and Les Richter
of Calfiornia. each with six votes.
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Big Airplane Lost
For Hours on
London Taxi-way
LONDON. Dec. 14 — IIP — Ground
crewmen at London Airport had to
grope through pea soup fog for two
hours last night before they could
find a big Air Prance plane landed
from Paris with 39 passengers.
Within seconds after the Frefteh
plane landed, swirling mists cut
visibility to 15 yards and the pilot
was ordered to keep his ship on the
taxi-way.
For the next two hours five
search parties in coaches, tractors
and a fire truck equipped with a
two-way radio, hunted for the
plane.
Finally the fire truck driver,
using the radio found the craft apd
culded the coaches to the passeng
ers.
The rescued travelers had to Walt
several more hours for their bag
gage—the luggage trucks also got^
lost. ; \
But the long delay wasn’t too
bad. One passenger, returning from
her* Paris honeymoon, explained—
“we drank champagne and played
cards.” • f >'
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