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EX( LI SI\ EIA ALASKAN—Here are some of the thousands
ot bundles ot boxes of Mandarin oranges from Japan being packed
into Alaska Steamship Company containers at Pier 42, Seattle,
this week for shipment to Alaska, the only state in the union to
which this juicy Christmas morsel may be imported, under the
1 . S. Dept, of Agriculture regulations.
Bristol Bay Salmon Prospects
Expected to be Poor Next Season
Expectation-^ that the 1962 Bris
tol Bay red salmon season will fall
short of the runs experienced
there in the past two years, has
been disclosed by Walter Kirk
ra ss, t ommii sidner of the Alaska
Department of Pish and Game.
Kirkness said the prediction re
sults from the joint efforts of the
«c lent fie staffs of the Department
of Pisii and Game, the Bureau of
Commercial Fisheries of the U. S.
Fisn and \\ ildlife Service, and
Ft- . Pieries Research Institute
oi the l nive -ity of Washington.
Those three agencies are all cur
rently pai ticiating in coordinated
Salmon research in that area.
1 he low t- m •;! return in 1962
be atti i u. t, a cmubin
* n <’* i .letots including low es
<a; nu-nts m somi systems in 19
57 ations
•: young salmon from these es
< apements, and also to an unus
oady high mortality in the sea to
the young salmon which descend
ed in 1959 and will return as ad
idt- in 1962 after 3 years of ocean
1 t They seem to be only about
one quarter as plentiful as other
data would indicate. This mor
tality evidently took place some
time between the first and second
trammer of ocean life.
i he 1 ish and Game Commis
I --
sioner also called attention to the
possible effects which the Jap
anese high seas fishery might
have upon the 1962 runs. It is
known that maturing Bristol Bay
f>h are found during May and
June far west of the line at 175
degiees West Longitude at pres
ent provided for by the terms of
the treaty, and east of which the
Japanese abstain irom
salmon.
have shown that red salmon of
Tag returns and other studies
M estern Alaska origin have oc
curred in high seas catches as
tar wet as l‘f>7 degrees East
Longitude. Th s is 700 miles west
of t ■ A ten ion Line.
in-.- ut- -Hiding feature of next
eat s run is the likelihood that
tin. miport.rant Xushagak and Eg
cg,x districts will be so poor that
there is serious question whether
t-.e Board of Fish and Game will
consider it athsable to permit the
u-mal type of operation in these
fisheries.
The total Bnstol Bay run of red
salmon is expected to be between
6 million and 12 million, with ap
proximately 9 million considered
the most probable total. These
figures estimate the total Bristol
Bay run, and any Japanese catch
made on the high seas would
come from this total.
“The proportion of Bristol Bay
fish which the Japanese fleet
takes, Kirk ness said, appears to
depend upon (1) the time when
the Japanese begin to fish; (2)
how far to the eastward the fleet
comes; and (3) how much gear
they fish.
“We also know that they used
quite a bit of monofilament ny
lon netting last year, and that
their plans call for an increase in
that type of gear for this coming
season. Because of conservation
requirements, this new gear has
been outlawed in Alaska and else
where on the Pacific Coast. We’re
afraid of what it may do to our
stocks on the high seas.
“Barring any impact whatso
ever of the high seas fishery,
the size of the catch in the var
ious dist icts of Bristol Bay can
be expected to range from ‘only
fair’ to ‘nothing at all.’ If the
Japanese do dip into our runs,
we probably will not have enough
left for an edequate seeding of
the spawning beds, even if our
fishermen refrain from fishing
altogether.”
In conclusion, Kirkness stated
that at the recent International
North Pacific Fisheries Commis
sion meetings in Toyko, the above
facts were strongly pointed out
to the Japanese by the American
Section. It was emphasized to
them that restraint in high seas
salmon fishing during 1P62 in
areas containing Bristol Bay red
■salmon was called for, both be
cause of the requirements of con
servation and because of the ec
onomic effect such a fishery
would have.
r unas Allotted
Gov. William A. Egan hasap
proved allocations of depressed
areas work projectfunds in the
amount of $7,640 and $3,600 re
spectively for the villages of Cop
per Center and Glenallen and an
allocation of $8,000 each to An
goon, Cordova, Craig and Kla
wock.
1 he money will be used to de
fray labor costs involved in spec
ifically approved projects for
which the communities will pro
vide necessary materials, supplies
and equipment.
At Coppe Center, the work in
cludes the cutting and prepara
tion of logs to be used in con
struction of a community build
ing which will house the fire sta
tion. heating plant and commun
ity hall.
At Glenallen, it will include
clearing timber arid brush from
approximately 17 acres of a new
school site.
Approved work in the other
communities includes:
An goon—construction of a jail
and community buildings and im
provement of water system and
school playground,
streets, foundation work for new
Cordova — clearing for new
city warehouse and rehabilitation
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Klawock—improvements to To
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dam and pipeline, light system,
roads and streets.
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Army & Airforce Mukluks . $1.95 pr.
Shoe Pacs. $2.95 pr.
K Boots.$4.95 pr.
Felt Socks.50c pr.
Heavy Wool socks.3prs.$1.00
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