September 23, 1960
THE FISHERMAN
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Fishermen Want Local Weather at Sand Heads
Fishermen in the Sand Heads area of the Fraser River! are still not satisfied with weather reports emanating from
Taxes Without Action
the Sand Heads station.
A letter to this effect was sent this week to A. R. McCauley, regional meteorologist for the federal department of transport.
Fishermen complain the reports are too general, covering the Gulf of Georgia area. "This does not supply the necessary first hand information   on   conditions which
FlgH PRISES
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WEEK ENDINC SEPTEMBER 17 SALMON (troll) Large red lb. 72-73c
Medium red lb. 53-55c
Small red lb. 35-45c
Large white lb. 45c
Small white lb. 28-30c
Jacks ........ ............. ........ lb. 28-30c
Coho lb. 50-55c
WEDNESDAY,  SEPTEMBER 21 HALI3UT Chix lb. 15-16c
Medium ................. lb. 17.8-10 2c
Large lb. 19.5-20c
PRINCE RUPERT
SEPTEMBER 17 HALIBUT
Chix lb. 10-12c
Medium lb. 17.8-18.3c
Large lb. 19.3 -20c
WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 10
SALMON (troll)
Large red......................... lb. 66c
Medium __ lb. 51-52c
Small ........... ...... ....... lb. 33c
Large white lb. 43c
Medium, small white        lb. 28c
WEEK  ENDING SEPTEMBER 17 Coho ____________________ lb. 54-56c
SEATTLE
SEPTEMBER 21
Large red       _...........______ lb. 81c
Medium red ________................ !b. 64c
Small red ..... .....lb. 52c
Large white _____________ _ lb. 46c
Silver.......... ........_.....     lb. 57c
HALIBUT
Chix ________________.......________ lb. 15c
Medium ______________________ lb. 19.5-21.2c
Large lb. 22-24c
exist at the mouth of the River at the Sand Heads where strong tidal currents, coming in conflict with winds of medium velocity may cause quite heavy seas, and create a danger for small vessels," a letter from Union secretary Homer Stevens points out.
"In our opinion," he states "Sand Heads station should be ermitted to give local renorts or. conditions in the area and should be in a position to answer calls from vessels heading for Sand Heads which may desire information on conditions at the time Quite often," the Union notes "these conditions are differeni than they are generally through the Gulf of Georgia."
Union Pays $685 Arbitration Fee
It cost the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union $P8r as its share of the fee charged by Roderick Haip-Brown. chairman of the arbitration board which ruled on crew complements aboard the packers Noot-ka Chief and Norcrest.
Total bill submitted by Haie-Brown for his services was $1,-370.15, of which half was payab'e each by the Union and J. H. Todd and Sons.
Rupert Old Timer Dies in Vancouver
Funeral services were held in Vancouver on September 9 for James Alfred Wauchope, an old timer in the Pr'nce Ruoert fishing industry, who died suddenly in a Vancouver rest home on August 28.
Born in England, James Wauchope saw service in the Boer War and emigrated to this country in the early years of the century. For more than 40 years he fished out of Prince Rupert, where he was a member of the Co-op. For the greater part of that time he made his home on Porcher Island.
On retirement he went to North Surrey to live until he entered the George Derby Rest Home in Vancouver.
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GearThievesThrive Along Fraser Floats
LEAVING KLEMTU The drum seiner Misty Isle is pictured here on her way south from Klemtu late in August, travelling a short distance astern of the Union organising vessel Chiquita 3. The vsssel which fishes for J. H. Todd and Sons, is owned by Vince Fiamango of Vancouver. Her 1960 crew included Stan Wilshire, engineer and boat delegate, Ivan Uljevich, cook, and Syd Nutbrown, deckhand. —Fisherman Foto
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UFAWU Praises Staff But Wants Action on BC Charts
The United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union has a great deal of respect and praise for the chartmaking of the Dominion Hydrographic Service and feels the staff is doing
^excellent work.
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TAGGING
The fisheries Gepartment men in charge of the operation are Dick Crouter and Ian Todd, both of them keenly interested in making the project as successful as possi-
To do this, they are hoping to get a complete return of all tags recovered in the commercial fishery during the balance of the 1960 season.
Fifty cer.ts will be paid for each tag turned in and to maKf things as easy as possible for fishermen, the department has arranged with fishing compaiies to pay cash through their collectors and plants.
Returns can be made to fishery officers, patrol boat captains, fish culture development staff and by mail to the federal fisheries department offices at 1110 West Georgia Street, Vancouver 5, BC.
Information provided with each tag turned in should include date of capture and area and where possible the actual drift.
The operation wi'l likely be continued through December on the basis of tagging throughout closed periods in the Glen Valley area and during five three-day penous off the mouth of the Fraser.
A further aspect of the work this fall is tagging and tag recovery by the departmental biologists on the known upriver spawning grounds on the Harrison and Qhilliwack - Veddor systems and on the main stem of the Fraser, in order to estimate escapement.
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But in a letter to minister of mines and technical surveys Paul Comtois this week, the Union urged additional staff to speed up preparation and issuance of charts essential to navigation and fishing.
"In our opinion," the Union stated, "N. G. Gray (Dominion hydrographer) and his staff are doing everything possible to ser-1 vice all sections of Canada with their present limitations in respect to staff. We have no criticism in that direction.
"However,    we    believe that more charts are necessary and there should be more speed in! compiling these charts and hav-rrtjj them published.
"We beUeve the problem lies in lack of sufficient staff to do the job at hand. In our opinion," the Union continued, "both navigation and charts for fishing are necessary and there is no reason why there should be any delay simply-due to staff problems.
"We realise," the Union stated, "that the government is spending a lot of money on things that are far less valuable to the average Canadian citizen, and v/e would request this matter be taken up very seriously with a view to providing more adequate service, even though it may cost a substantial sum of money to do so."
A letter from Dominion hydrographer Gray quoted in the correspondence pointed out the wide range of work covered by the service including the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Western Arctic but notes, "It is expected that from 10 to 12 new West Coast charts will be printed by the end of this year."
By HAROLD WILCOX UFAWU General Organiser
THE number of thefts along the Fraser River during the past few months, particularly on the stretch between Sapperton and Ewen's Cannery on Annacis Slough, is causing fishermen to ask if they have taxation without protection.
This rash of thefts from floats
rid nethouses goes back to the ; p r i n g of las' 'ear.   At that
ime, after f lumber of thefts iad been reported, an observant
isherman noticed that some one
■ad placed lead
nd  cork lines
long   the dyke
Ie   phoned po-
ice, who 1 a t e i
irprised a mai. when he came to load the stole; Tear in his car.
The thief escaped, but he wa forced to abandon the car, which
vas loaded with guns, radios, lead lines and other eauipment looter from fishermen. Subsequently, < suspect was arrested by RCMP at Prince George.
SITUATION WORSENS
Since this spring the situation has grown worse. Almost even night at Sapperton a fishing boat was broken into during the sprinr months and the thefts and break-ins are continuing.
The government wharf at Sapperton is an easy mark for thieves because it has no lights. When a committee from New Westminster Local of the United Fishermer and Allied Workers Union approached New Westminster City Council asking for lights to be installed, it was told that this was a federal government responsibility.
A letter from Mayor Beth Wood informed the Local that the city was prepared to maintain the liuhts if the government installed them.
In the meantime, while governments at various levels haggle over responsibility, fishermen are losing costly equipment.
Recently, Tom Suto arrived or the fishing grounds, threw back his net cover and discovered that his $S00 spring net had been stolen. He lost not only his net
>; tie opportunity to fish durin<-the opening. Around the same time and at the same wharf, his
brother, Tojiro, had the stern oilers taken from his boat.
NETHOUSES RAIDED
Even locked nethouses are being broken into. A third Suto brother, Chockie, lost a set of gur-dies and a 5'/4 inch mesh sockeye et to thieves who entered his lef'nuse recently and earlier a leadline was stolen from George Iverson's nethouse.
Reporting the theft to police; 'verson gave them the name of a nan who had been seen leaving he nethouse by a resident on the dyke. The suspect was questioned by police, but in face of m., ut...-i and lack of proof, no action was aKen.
Fishermen feel that the heavy taxes they pay on nethouses and other property lying outside the dykes entitle them to some protection. It seems, however, that whenever they ask for this protection the area is outside everyone's jurisdiction.
Their attitude now is that they have to act in their own interests before they are robbed completely 3f their means of making a livelihood, and they are warning everyone who may be around the floats and nethouses, particularly at night, to make sure their actions re above suspicion.
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