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THE FISHERMAN
December 16, 1960
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Light Intensity Key To Attracting Fish
HAMISH MACKAY RECEIVES FIRST UNEMPLOYMENT PAY
Hamish Mac Kay, Canadian born carpenter deported to Vancouver from Portland, Ore., after 32 years' residence in the US, received his first unemployment insurance cheque this week.
MacKay, who was deprived of all social security benefits by his deportation on November 18,
said he had been informed he would receive $40 a week for 26 weeks under a Canadian-US reciprocal arrangement.
He is continuing his 11 year battle to have the deportation order rescinded so that he may rejoin his US born wife and two sons in Portland.
TO ALL OUR FISHERMEN FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS . . .
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for All in the Industry, With Good Fishing and Good Luck!
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The coastal waters off southern California from San Pedro to Palos Verdes Point, and Santa Catalina Island were surveyed last summer by the California department of fish and game research vessel Alaska to test the effectiveness of several types of lights for attracting fish and it was found that the brighter the lights, the more attraction they proved.
Tests were conducted on 28 stations to determine the relative effectiveness of fish attraction of underwater colored lights compared with the regular 1,500 watt incandescent standard sampling light. A 500 watt underwater lamp with interchangeable colored filters was used. The two lamp types were used separately on alternate stations. Stations were located in clear water where fish were known to be present.
At 22 of the 28 stations, a blue i lens was used alternating with the standard 1,500 watt lamp. The blue lens attracted sardines on two of the 11 stations at which it was used, jack mackerel on two, and Pacific mackerel on one. The stan- S dard light attracted sardines on five of the 11, Jack mackerel on two, Pacific mackerel on one, anchovies on one, bonito on one, and athernids on four.
In the remaining six tests, an underwater amber lens attracted sardines on one of the three sta- j tions at which it was used. Sar- j dines were also attracted to one of ; the three alternate standard light stations.
BEHAVIOR NOT AFFECTED
To test the effectiveness in catching fish under different colored lights, fish were attracted with a surface light, an underwater light
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I was then turned on and the sur-I face light extinguished. Observa-I tions of fish behavior were tl.en i made.
On each station the amber, blue, clear, and red lenses were used. Fish behavior was not noticeably altered by the amber, blue, or clear lenses. A milling school of sardines or anchovies under the surface light continued to mill in the same pattern when the underwater lamp was lighted and the surface light extinguished.
When the red lamp was turned on, sardines, in each case, left the red light zone. Reaction to the red light may have been a function of low light intensity rather than a response to the red color. Sardines did not avoid the red light zone when an overhead incandescent lamp was turned on simultaneously.
BRIGHTEST LIGHT SOUGHT
None of the underwater lenses tested altered fish behavior to the extent that it made them more susceptible to capture.
However, when sardine or anchovy schools were given a preference, invariably they were attracted to the brightest light source.
A sampling gillnet was set on five schools of "wild" sardines which were extremely difficult to catch with a blanket net. Sardines were obtained in each set. The degree of "wildness" in sardines varied between schools.
The presence of bonito, barracuda, sharks, and other predators considerably increased the degree of "wildness" in a school.
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Year Ends With Plea For More Participation
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Steveston Local Asks for Change
A resolution asking that fishing limits be moved down river from Mission to New Westminster bridge, with additional fishing time allowed below New Westminster bridge, has been sent to the fisheries department for consideration in next year's regulations by Steveston Fishermen's Local of the UFAWU.
As grounds for its proposal the Local gives curtailment of fishing time below New Westminster bridge for conservation purposes and "rampant poaching" between New Westminster and Mission bridges, "destroying in a large measure this conservation effort."
PATRONISE OUR ADVERTISERS
By GEORGE COLLINS Prince Rupert Correspondent
DO not wish to disturb a happy frame of mind sympathetic readers may be possessed with because of the holiday season, at least not right away. Be advised at this time to maybe read this column later, for this last attempt of mine for print in the year 1960 may be critical of you.
I suppose it to be somewhat of an entertainment to glance at works in print directed against those who are at present guiding j our destiny. Not enough of that J type of literature, if any, is to be I found inserted in our daily press ' of the day, so perhaps it could be ; considered a find to read such bold works expressing a definite opinion belonging to the writer and similar perhaps to that of the readers.
As members of any organisation, it's simple to say that there are two opposing classes. Those who hire us and those who do the work. ★ * * A PICTURE COMES TO MIND. An old magazine showed clearly a huge bear and a little boy. They were friends and a third party barely seen, if possible, was a little fly and considered an enemy. Apparently the huge bear had the goodness of swatting the fly when it landed on the boy's body and you can guess the results.
Below the picture was a saying translated from French, "A foolish friend is worse than the wisest enemy."
So the moral that may be got from what was being expressed is that the simple dividing line between two opposing classes of peo
Photo from The Gallery of Canadian Fishes, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. Anyone interested in obtaining one or more of the informative booklets illustrated at right should send 25i for each booklet required to The Queen's Printer, Ottawa.
We've gone fishing for facts
Education and information is an important part of the Department of Fisheries' work—telling the facts about Canada's fishing industry.
Fish are a great national resource . . . vital to this country's economy. Canada's welfare—which means yours—depends on keeping them in plentiful supply. The educational program of the Department is designed to tell Canadians what's being done to preserve the nation's extensive fish stocks and how valuable they are as a basic food resource.
This work is carried out through the daily and weekly press; radio and television; magazines; educational publications; recipe pamphlets for housewives; .exhibitions; permanent fishery displays; film and filmstrip showings; and illustrated educational talks to fishermen and consumers.
Canada's school children have a natural love of fishing and the great outdoors. The Department of Fisheries' publications teach them the important role the fishing industry plays in eur country's economy.
Department of Fisheries
OTTAWA, CANADA
HON. J. ANGUS MACLEAN, M.P., MINISTER
GEORGE R. CLARK, DEPUTY MINISTER
spare moments to at le;t attending a meeting now and-ben.
Some realistic solut71 to our problems has to be orked out next negotiations wh" are not too long coming and s a Job for all concerned.
Neglect means mo> work piling up and a lot of lost'me could result in less dollars >d cents needed so badly these *ys of inflation and high cost of vm8-
Two cents stam'd on your card notices pleading «" your sense of duty don't appeat0 De much as a single card gois to your single address. But itooks out of proportion to goo<sense ln the eyes of our paid ofjia!s sending many of the same.
The price oralis rented just for a few to atteJ is also not in good taste besidefthe work of placing posters, etc all included as expenses to « membership. * ★ ★ OFTEN / MEET WITH CER-tain indiJuals on street corners and publ places expressing some tales of Je and seeking some sort of ansvrs tnat apparently they think tB writer has in his finger tips. /
Alw s I have to mention that a good >lace is a meeting place mean to the membership to air thei^rievances and together find som sort of solution. Much better tha any one man can give!
jrrhaps next year I may be edging my methods of reporting Li merely express what is said fevery meeting. But I'm still ex-essing the highlight that a per-jn will find and this case of the ast meeting attended, the high-
pie is not as simple as popular1^"1 is the case of people not
opinion be so inclined
The employer has plenty of hel in detriment to our interests I those of our fellow workers w1 refuse to follow and improve n the only road that matters 'd which can be described by a nl~ pie word "together."
* ★ ★ BEING SOMEWHAT B L D and having a wish to stickI the truth of what organised. laDor stands for, I have to includ'n the list helpful to our so-cailec^etters those members not givi^ some
there. A handful of people don't speak for all, so if the majority does nothing, that is what I feel I must report.
And so to finish by including an easy prophecy of a probable crisis to come within the industry next season when the fish be nearing the shore. It's likely we'll be asked to vote for something and perhaps a question could be asked. Do you all feel justified in placing a vote when all winter you may have done but little to shape the season's policy?
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