NUSHaGAK CLAIMS VICTIM:
their tragic v:ay back to Clark’s Point,
Morris, when speaking of the tragedy, said,
’’June drowned^ I couldn’t take care of
them all,”
Annie Bartman and Cathrine Olson were
taken to the hospital where they were
treated for exposure and shock0 Catherine
was emotionally spent having so recently
lost her husband in another drowning ac
cident e
June Osterhaus, whose body has not yet
been recovered as we go to press, was en
gaged to marry Alex (’’Baby Alex”) Alvers
of Naknek sometime this fall,
(Ed0 Note: This account does not toish
to suggest an official medical analysis
of the condition of the admitted patients.
It simply offers our readers the best
available version of ’what happened’ by
talking to those involved,)
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FISHING TIKE CURTAILED
The fishermen on the Nushagak River got
nine hours lopped off their commercial
fishing time, beginning July ls£« This
action was taken by the FWS because the
number of fishing boats operating in three
areas of the Bay greatly exceeds the quctaj
agreed up^n.
The closed period will be extended six
hours in the Naknek-Kvichak district .leav
ing a total of 111 ho'xr fishirg time* In
the Egegik district fi .ning time will be
reduced from six full days to five full
days per weekl
This curtailment seems to contradict
a report made by an official of the BBT7'
who quoted an FVVS agent as stating thar
the fishing time in the Fay would be
determined by the escapement _df salmon
to their spawning grounds-,
Richard Shuman, fishery management
biologist supervisor for the FWS sail In
a public report that ’’present regulations
are based on the number of boats in each
district of the bay”* He said the agree
mehts called for 8^ boats in the Fgegilc
area while 182 are fishing there; for
57 boats in the Nushagak area, while 124
are now fishing; and, for 35n in the
Naknek—Kviehak area while 403 boats are
fishing*
In re3.ation to this Father Endal said
that the native fishermen from Iliamna
was especially hard hit by the succession
of economic blows 0 ’’These people ccme to
the fishing grounds without money, foody
sufficient gasoline, fishing gear, or
seaworthy boats in an heroic effort to
earn their livelihood in a way consistent
with their selfrespect. He said sane were
fishing with as little as 25 fathoms of
gillnets in boats that are inadequate
and unseaworthy.
"It was love at first sight; but then
he wasn!t the sight he is nowit"
"Cnee there was a poor little girl#
Her father was poor, her mother was por.r;
her governess was poor, her chauffeur was
poor*, her butler was poor. Everybody in
the house was poor##.,"
_(Modern Fairytale) -. --
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