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Vol. XXV. No. 25
VANCOUVER, B.C., JULY 30, 1962
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TALLHEO CANNERY Owned by Canadian Fishing Company, Tallheo is one of a dozen BC salmon canneries operating in 1944 that are now shut down. Tallheo, located near the head of North Bentinck Arm northwest of Bella Coola, overlooks the mighty pink run which is heading for the Bella Coola River.  It is now used as a fish camp, netloft and for gear storage.
Strike Majorities 3 to 63 Percent; argaining Sought
The joint policy committee of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union and Native Brotherhood representing salmon net fishermen, shoreworkers and tender-men, has decided to let the August 4 strike deadline remain following a coastwise ballot of all three groups that showed all had voted in favor of strike action by
majorities ranging from 53 to 63 percent.
At a special meeting in Van- D]ant workers 1.447 to 1,578 couver Sunday afternoon, the strike.
sectional committees decided to seek meetings with the Fisheries Association aimed at reopening negotiations in the hope of avoiding strikes or dislocation in the BC fishing industry.
A further meeting of the joint committees will be held Wednesday evening to review the results of discussions with the Fisheries
A major factor in the shoreworkers' strike vote was the large number of additional casual employees hired by fishing companies to cope with the pink salmon run. Anyone hired during the period July 16 'i 25 regardless of the number of hours employed, automatically be-ame eligible to cast a ballot in the strike vote.
As a result, 897 more cannery workers voted in the 1962 ballot than voted in 1959, practically all
Association  and  other  companies i  f them witnout previous expert
HUGE RUN IN CENTRAL AREA
Canners Set Limits On Pink Deliveries
Phenomenal runs of pink salmon to the Bella Coola and other central areas, which have their counterpart in heavy pink runs to the Kodiak area of Alaska, sent catch figures soaring last week. So heavey was the run to the
and decide what further action will follow.
STRIKE PERCENTAGES
Actual percentages to strike were 60 percent for salmon net fishermen in a Union-Brotherhood strike vote that was completed Saturday; 63 percent for tendermen and 53.1 percent for shoreworkers, both government supervised strike votes.
A further breakdown of the shore vote reveals that fresh fish and cold storage workers voted 74.4 percent to strike and cannery, net and reduction plant workers by 47.8 percent to strike.
Actual figures, detailed on page 2, were 2,004 shoreworkers to strike and 1,769 against. Fresh fish and cold storage workers voted 557 to 191 and cannery, net and reduction
Bello Coola area last week that canneries, even by working around the clock, were unable to cope with the quantities of fish being brought in by packer, barge and every type of vessel that could be pressed into service.
In Fisher Channel - Fitzhugh Sound and the Bella Coola gillnet area companies imposed a catch limit of 3,000 fish a day on seiners and 500 fish a day on gillnetters.
The unexpectedly heavy pink runs to the central areas found the companies ill prepared to handle the volume of fish. In recent years, under their policy of centralising operations, many small canneries along the coast have been closed down, leaving Namu as the only
large modern plant in the central area.
When the cannery at Namu was razed by fire last January, BC Packers deferred its decision to rebuild. As a result, the Klemtu operation of J. H. Todd and Sons, joint subsidiary of BC Packers and Canadian Fishing Company, is
the one remaining cannery in the central area capable of putting up a lair sized pack, and its output is limited by old machinery.
At the same time, the companies' policy of paring down their packer fleets, despite the longer
See PINK RUN—Page 8
RgH "PRICES
Seattle
TUESDAY, JULY 24 HALIBUT
Chix ____________________________.......... lb. 28c
Medium lb. 35.7c
Large ......... lb. 38c
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25
SPRINGS
Large red .................______________ lb. 80c
Medium red .....______________ lb. 56c
Small red lb. 46c
Large white..................... .. lb. 51c
Small white ........________ lb. 41c
COHO ________................. ..... lb. 38Vic
Vancouver
THURSDAY, JULY 26 HALIBUT
Chix ..... ........__________........ lb. 15c
Medium _______________________________ lb. 35.1c
Large ________________________ 38.1c
WEEK ENDING JULY 21
SPRINGS
Large red.......____________ lb. 75-80c
.Medium red _______............ lb. 56-60c
Small red ___________________ lb. 42-45c
Large white .................. lb. 50-60c
Small white ___________________ lb. 30-35c
COHO...............________________..... lb. 41c
OTHER SPECIES
Sole.............._______......_______ lb. 5-9c
Grey cod _________________................. lb. 7c
Red and rock cod............ lb. 3-5c
Ling cod (trawl) ___________..... lb. 12c
Ling cod (live).................... lb. 14c
Ling cod (troll) _______lb 8-10c
Black cod.........................._ lb. 20c
Minkfeed..............._______ lb. 2V2c
Prince Rupert
TUESDAY, JULY 24 HALIBUT Chix __________________________ lb. 18c
Medium
lb. 33.4c
Large ------------------................ lb. 36.2c
WEEK ENDING JULY 21 SPRINGS
Large red____lb. 75c-76c
Medium red _______________ lb. 60c
Small red..........______ lb. 40-42c
Large white ____________________ lb. 50c
COHO (trollers) __________ lb. 39-40c
COHO (gillnetters) ________ lb. 27-32c
Ketchikan
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 HALIBUT
Chix .......------------------------------- lb. 14c
Medium ......______........._________ lb. 29c
Large _______ lb. 34c
RED SPRING
Large........_____
Medium........
Small
WHITE SPRING
Large
Small .....
COHO
lb. 75c lb. 40c lb. 30c
...... lb. 45c
lb. 20c lb. 30-38c
Juneau
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25
HALIBUT
Chix.................__________________ lb. 14c
Medium lb. 28c
Large lb. 32c
RED, WHITE SPRINGS Same as Ketchikan prices.
COHO ______ lb. 30-35C
$100 Prizes in Free Contest
Posers Aplenty In Pack Contest
It's guessing 'time again and with the unique run of pinks to the central area, it's anybody's guess how the 1962 salmon pack will end up. Coupled with the vagaries of nature are the uncertainties involved in current negotiations. Will the companies be reasonable and concede the justice of their employees' demands or must the men and women involved go on strike to win a measure of economic justice? The answer could well determine the size of the 1962 pack.
With this background, The Fisherman announces its eigthteenth annual salmon pack guessing contest and invites readers to submit their guesses (no more than one to a customer) on just how big the 1962 salmon pack will be. Frizes totalling $100 in cash are at stake: $75 first, $15 second, and $10 third.
In order to provide a bit oi a guide in this free guessing contest which has no strings attached, The Fisherman is publishing with the entry form below the final pack figures of the past 10 years.
But with the unknowns that abound in the industry, we have no idea whether any of the previous packs will mean very much.
This year's deadline tor entries is midnight Wednesday, August 20. Last minute entries must be postmarked with that date to qualify.
The rules, we repeat, are simple. The contest is open to all readers, but there is a limit of one entry to each contestant.
Contestants have only to answer the following question on the coupon below:
How many 48 pound cases of salmon of all species do you think will be canned in British Columbia this season?
Following are previous annual packs:
No. of Cases 1,403,994 632,089 1,089,799 1,908,056 .... 1,437,642 ... 1,112,830 1,406,230
YEAR
1961 ...................____________.....-.............._......-...................
1960................................._________________...............-------------
1959 __________________________...........................-......-------.............
1958 _________________.....____________________________........-..................
1957 _______________________________________________________...................
1956 _______________________________________.....—-:-.............._____
1955 ______________________________________________________________..............
1954 ________.......................................................... 1,743.406
1953...................... 1,821,269
1952 1,286,468
1951....................._______________.............................-............................. 1,955,475
1950.........................................._......___........:--........._........._______ 1,482,560'/2
NOTE: Pack figures are unrevised as issued by the federal fisheries department at the end of each year on which contest results are based.
Mail to: THE FISHERMAN
138 East Cordova Street Vancouver 4, B.C.
ENTRY FORM
I think the total salmon pack in 1962 will be
____________________________....._______________________........_________________.....________cases
NAME_________
ADDRESS
August 4 Deadline, Rules Set
Noon Saturday, August 4 has been set as the strike deadline by the joint negotiating and policy committee of the UFAWU and Native Brotherhood but the committee coupled its Uuly 26 announcement with a reiteration of its standing policy that "we are willing to bargain at any time."
In a statement outlining basic strike rules that will go into effect if a strike is called, the committee said, "The strike deadline of August 4 provides adequate notice to all sections of the industry."
Basic rules that apply in the event any or all of the groups strike are as follows:
(1) All salmon net fishing will cease at noon on Saturday, August 4. Net salmon caught after that time will be declared "hot."
(2) Net caught salmon must be delivered at plants not later than Monday, August 6, to be processed by shoreworkers in accord with Union policy of preventing spoilage.
(3) Trollers may fish salmon until midnight Sunday, August 5, but must land their salmon at camps by midnight Sunday or, may land at ports or plants up to Tuesday, August 7. Otherwise troll fish will also be declared "hot."
(4) Draggers, longliners, crab boats, etc. may land fish up to Tuesday, August 7. After that, all landings of all species will be declared "hot."
(5) Canadian halibut vessels in the midst of a trip, and unable to make it to port by August 7, may land their trip in a US port.
(6) All shore operations will be halted on Wednesday, August 8, including processing of fish caught prior to noon Saturday, August 4.
(7) Tender crews will handle fish caught prior to the deadlines, but will not handle "hot" fish.
Aid Pledged By Local 312
Local 312, Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers at Ocean Falls, has pledged full support to the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union if a strike takes place.
President Pete Marshall told a mass meeting of salmon net fishermen Saturday that he was authorised to offer "moral and financial support" in the event a strike occurs.
He recalled the assistance given by fishermen in the form of fish and other food during the Local's strike in the winter of 1957-1958 and said his executive was prepared to give any help it could.
Immediately, he made the Local office available for meetings and for committee work.
The fishermen's meeting elected a small committee to handle arrangements on behalf of the fleet. Their first recommendation was that boat delegates call in at Local 312 offices on arrival in Ocean Falls for information and instructions.
Members of the Fishermen's committee are Walter Gawricki, Joe Sodini, Frank Sananin, John Derencinovich, Doug Thompson, Joe Oreskovich, and Walter Sher-stevina.
ence in the industry and virtually none of them members of the Union.
SHUT   OUT FACTS
In addition, BC Packers, Nelson Bros, and Cassiar company officials adopted a bar the door policy to Union representatives in a deliberate attempt to keep the story of negotiations and the issues involved in the strike vote away from the new employees.  (See page 7.)
In actual numbers, more cannery, net, and reduction plant workers voted to strike this year 11,447) than in 1959 (1,313). The number of negative votes was almost equal to the increase in the number eligible to vote. Most of the new employees will not return to the industry once the pinks have been canned.
A higher number of ballots was cast in the fresh fish and cold storage vote this year than in 1959, the year of the two week industry tie-up.
The total was 748 compared to 676 three years ago. The number in favor of strike increased by 81 (from 476 to 557) while the num-
to i ber against strike dropped by nine (from 200 in 1959 to 191 this year). The vote was 70.4 percent in 1959 compared to 74.4 percent this year. REJECT 10 CENTS
The government supervised strike vote followed a coastwide ballot among Union and Native Brotherhood members on a 10 cent across the board offer by the Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-op for its shoreworker and tendermen employees.
The vote was over 80 percent to reject the 10 cents on the grounds that it would not cover the increase in cost of living resulting from dollar devaluation and austerity tariffs. Other issues for which eor-ection had been sought in negotiations were not included in the offer.
As matters now stand, approaches will be made to reopen negotiations this week in an effort to avert a strike.
Following the special joint committee meeting to be held Wednesday night, a special conference call will be made to the fleet at 10:30 p.m.
Paper Delayed For Strike Vote
This issue of The Fisherman
went to press Monday, July 30 instead of Friday, July 27, in order to carry the strike vote results.
Unless special circumstances decree otherwise, The Fisherman will be back on schedule this week with an issue on Friday, August 3.
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BC Packers' Gestapo Tactics
Union Leader Hits Back At Company Intimidation
BC Packers adopted a policy of harassing and interfering with Union representatives during last week's strike vote by attempting to enforce a rule that Union representatives must obtain written management permission before going out on the Company docks and floats to speak to Union fishermen and tendermen.   (See earlier story, page 7.)
Union secretary Homer Stevens * warned Imperial plant manager
Art Woodland that he intended to defy the ban and successfully carried out his threat.
This issue arose on Thursday, July 26, when Woodland followed Union organiser Ted Foort down into the galley of the temporary fish packer Nahmint and berated Foort for failing to get management's permission to be "on company property." Foort was not ordered to leave the Nahmint but was told that in future he "must get managmement's permission before going on to the docks or aboard company premises."
COMPANY FORCED DELAY
Foort left the Nahmint shortly afterward and the crew of the vessel later went over to the Community Hall in Steveston to arrange for a Union clearance, which required signing up two new crew members into the Union.
The delay caused by Woodland's arbitrary attitude forced the vessel to miss the tide and get to the fishing grounds several hours late.
"Woodland has no one to blame but himself for his own stupidity." Stevens stated.
"I telephoned Woodland from Vancouver, in an effort to persuade him such anti-Union rulings were unnecessary, undemocratic and unprecedented."   Stevens continued.
"He told me that no Union organiser or officer would be allowed on their premises without management permission and inferred this had always been the rule at the Imperial.
"I told him that in 16 years on the payroll of the Union, I had never once been required to get management's permission to speak
AREA 3A ENDS ON AUGUST 11
Closure date for Are 3A, between Cape Spencer and the Shumagin Islands, will be 6 p.m. PST, August 11, the International Pacific Halibut Commission announced last week.
As of July 23, the halibut catch in the area totalled 25.25 million pounds. The quota is 33 million pounds, unchanged from last year.
to fishermen or tendermen at the docks or on the boats. Woodland was told the Union would not comply with his rules."
STEVENS DEFIES BAN
The Imperial plant official was given advance notice that Stevens would go out to the Imperial plant the following morning and would not request permission to go out to
See INTIMIDATION—Page 2
Hiroshima Memorial
Peace March On August 5
Supporters of peace will stage their march to Stanley Park and mount their silent vigil at the Japanese Memorial despite Vancouver Park Board's disapproval.
Board chairman George Wain-born, to whom the Board referred the Hiroshima Day Committee's request, withheld official permission for the vigil on the ground such demonstrations might annoy those who went to the park for recreation. He proposed instead that the demonstration be held in Oppenheimer Park.
Peter Light, spokesman for the Committee, which represents eight peace groups, said the march and silent vigil would proceed as planned. The Committee, however, would cancel its plan to have a speaker in order to meet Wainborn's objections.
Marchers will assemble at 10 a.m. this coming Sunday, August 5, at the Japanese Gardens, University of BC, and march to Stanley Park by way of Tenth Avenue, Broadway, MacDonald and Cornwall, continuing after lunch at Kitsilano Beach along Burrard to Georgia and then to Stanley Park.
A silent vigil will be maintained at the Japanese Memorial from 4 p.m. Sunday to 8 a.m. Monday, August 6, the hour at which the A bomb was dropped on Hiroshima 17 years ago.