REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
Highlights of the report gvea Blissarf
Reporter Harlan Adkison by Mr* Robert K&U
l^r.berg following the letters attendance
at the FWTfl hearing in Seattle and the
NFF Commission at Vancourer B,C* were*
(1) one of the commissions first duties
will be to determine if there is a mixing
ef North American and Asian fish in the
waters of the North Pacifio* This will be
studied through meristic* morphological*
serological and biochemical approaches*
The ideal situation would be suoh that
fish oaught in the Paoifio could be identl
fled as of North American or Asian origin*
This i8 a tremendous task with whioh YOC
oan help
(2) a large tagging program is planned*
Biologists will tag a3 many salmon as po»
siblo in the North Pacific* Tag recoveries
on the spawning ground and in commercial
catches will indicate the origin of the
fish which were ±xga tagged in the open
ocean* This plades premium value on EACH
TAG RECOVERED* All must be on the alert
for tagged fish in every catch* Failure
ta find and return tags will weaken our
position in establishing lines to separate
Asian and North American fish«w
(3) King Crab research work is to be
carried on by the Commission because of
the expressed concern over the possible
depletion of this great resouroe*
High Schooli for shame. (Overheard on
the playground! Now, , what do little
boys who swear when they are playing
marble 8 turn into?
Highsohool football playersl
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"GET A JOB FOR YOUR WIFE”
The territorial unemployment fund will
be exhausted in Maroh if contributions
from employers and payments to unemployed
Alaskans continue at the present rate*
officials of the ESC say#
Continuation of the present trend will
bring the fund to a low of $1,370#^00 by
Feb# 28# *55# That amount will not be suf
ficient to pay persons eligible for this
compensation during March#
Benefit payments to the unemployed havr
been Z5% above that of last year#
He oame into the Coop with a nickel
in his hand and wanted to see everything
there was# Finally the clerk —in desper
ation-said "Look here# my boy# what d>
you want to buy for a penny—the world w
with a fence around it?"
The boy thought a moment and then re
plied i "Let*s see it#"
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