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THE FISHERMAN
February 14, 1958
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Japanese Expansion Cause for Concern
Editor, The Fisherman:
With the attention within the fishing industry foeussed Eastward through the threat of future hydro, electric power dams affecting the principal source of salmon in B.C.—to the Westward the uncurbed exploitation of the North Pacific salmon stocks by the Japanese, to the Southward a significant happening has perhaps escaped our notice—the penetration of territorial waters by large Japanese fishing companies against the protests of the citizens of that country, but with the goodwill and permission of the government concerned.
BRAZIL: The arrival of the first four of six Japanese fishing vessels at the port i»f Santos on August 16, 1957, resulted in a vigorous protest by the Association of Fishing Vessel Owners of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo.
The arrival of the Japanese vessels marked the initiation of the agreement between the Brazilian government and a large Japanese fishing company for permission to fish in the territorial waters of Brazil. The Association protested to Brazil's president and the minister of agriculture and claimed that the Japanese firm had received special privileges. The government answer to this protest on the part of the Vessel Owners stated that the arrival of the Japanese vessels augured well for more efficient use of one of Brazil's important natural resources.
Officials estimate the total consumption of fish in Brazil at over 1.000,000 tons and that present operations of the Japanese fleet will not seriously effect Brazil's consumption of fish, the size of the overall harvest, or its distribution. However, it was revealed that the company intends to sharply undersell the current wholesale prices of fish, perhaps reducing the price by one third of the present landed price in either Santos or Sao Paulo. A figure of an estimated price of about six U.S. cents a pound was mentioned in compari-
son to the current landed price of average 21 U.S. cents a pound.
Note: Is it not strange that the government of Brazil did not pass comment on as to how the Japanese operation would affect the internal economy of the fishing industry?
CHILE: The application of a Japanese whaling company for authorisation to import into Chile $1,000,000 worth of equipment and capital for a whaling investment was approved by the Chilean foreign investments Committee on June 5, 1957.
In general, the arguments against the authorisation of this proposed investment were advanced by Chilean fishing interests and the majority of other business interests in Chile.
Their arguments followed these lines—the whaling industry is being adequately exploited now, and the introduction of more personnel and equipment would be detrimental to the industry as a whole —the Japanese whaling methods differ considerably from Chilean methods, in that they are crude, they will reduce all the available stock in a short number of years.
On or about July 15, 1957, both the President and the minister of defence signed a decree authorising this importation of capital and forwarded it to the comptroller for the final act.
AT HOME: Now let us take a brief look at our own home affairs here in British Columbia. So that the peoples of British Columbia should at least have some of the benefits that arise through being citizens of a country rich in natural resources, the provincial government levied an export tax of 50 cents per ton on iron ore shipments. Japanese steel circles who appear to have already infiltrated considerably into the do's and don'ts of the B.C. ore business, immediately show their teeth, first by urging that counter-measures be taken in retaliation in this connection, that imposi-
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Editor, The Fisherman:
May I congratulate you on the excellence of both of your editorials appearing in the January 24 issue*of your paper. I wish especially to comment on the sentence "By all means, let's compete with the USSR, but let's see which system can do more fgr its people, not snatch away their conditions."
Some months ago, I was in attendance at the Conference of NATO Parliamentarians held in Paris. There has been much misrepresentation of what I did say to this Conference. .From the reports that were given to us, it was obvious that the thinking in the Western world was, in the main, centred on ways and means of again taking the lead over the USSR in the field of more horrible and more costly weapons of war. This has since been confirmed in increased defence expenditures on the part of the USA, and even our Canadian delegation to the December NATO council meeting pledged an increase in Canada's defence expenditures. %
The latter fact has been carefully hidden from the Canadian people until after the next election, in that no budgets or estimates for the fiscal year beginning April 1 are going to be made available by that time.
What I said at Paris was tHat the NATO countries would have to find ways and means of economic co-operation and devotion to real democracy, in order to convince our own people that we are living under a worthwhile form of government.
This proposed competition between two approaches to society — with each devoting its energies to providing the best possible life for people — would, as your editorial so aptly indicates, remove the need for the dangerous and costly defence expenditures.
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Bella Coola Men Favor Conservation Principles
Editor, The Fisherman:
At our last monthly meeting, the letter from A. Olsen in The Fisherman January 10, was discussed and the secretary was instructed to reply.
The Bella Coola Local has always supported the principle of conservation, although not necessarily in agreement with the department of fisheries and is certainly not in favor of conserving salmon for the Japanese.
The need for conservation; especially for the pink and cjium ralmon is so evident in this district that no UFAWU fisherman who has actual knowledge of the facts could honestly be in opposition to conservation.
Re Lee Straight: Lee Straight is in favor of taking salmon right on the spawning grounds and the Bella Coola Local is definitely opposed to this practice as we believe any normal commercial fisherman would be.
A. Olsen appears to be against conservation in the commercial fishing areas and in favor of exploiting the spawning grounds. The Bella Coola Local is quite pleased to go- on record as being in complete opposition to Mr. A. O'.sen.
GEORGE* ROBSON, recording secretary
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Bella Bella Hits Split Day
tion of a special import duty on grains and lumber shipped to Japan from B.C. ports.
Secondly, they told the B.C. government it would do better to expand exploration and to hunt for new iron ore bodies than to put on a tax that would prohitit iron ore exports.
As Canadians, we are in a position to voice the facts as to whether or not the provincial government is carrying out its responsibilities and moral obligations to us, its peoples. The government should make it quite clear that it will not tolerate any interference in our internal affairs by another ceuntry and Japan is no exception.
To conclude, let us get down to a point in question which can in the near future become a serious problem to the.whole B.C. fishing industry. Are the fish canners here in British Columbia using wisdom and foresight by taking part in indiscriminate and uncontrolled importation of Japanese canned salmon. To date they have put forward some good arguments to substantiate the reason why, but nevertheless the fishermen and
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their representatives have used sound reasoning for not wanting a surplus or a carryover of stocks caused by excessive importation, that can be used as an instrument in price negotiations or a source of supply that can unbalance the price negotiation talks.
Should we, however, get off to a fair start this season, and a good pack materialises as forecast, will Japanese exporters of canned salman be content to lose their now established expanding North American markets; will they seek outlets other than through the 'Big Three'?
We underrated Japan as a war machine only too recently. Our eyes should be open now. To underestimate their business tenacity especially in connection with fishery products at this period could in the near future affect the livelihoods of those engaged in the salmon fishery to a greater extent than if a power dam were built on an upper portion of the Fraser.
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Federal fisheries department proposals for a split fishing day in selected areas of the B.C. coast, Areas 6, 7, and 8, have been opposed by the Bella Bella Local in a letter to chief supervisor of fisheries A. J. Whitmore.
Reasons advanced by the Local membership for their disapproval in a letter signed by local secretary Al Newman, include the following:
• From past experience of gill-netters in Areas 7 and 8, night fishing catches in these areas have been exceedingly small, and the proposal of a split fishing day, if carried out, would not allow a gillnet fisherman to earn a substantial living.
• As for conservation, all the members felt that through conservation methods of the fisheries department the largest chum salmon producing portion of Area ( 7 (Bella Bella area) has been cut j off completely to the net fishermen in the last two seasons. These
closures may or may not have been justified but nevertheless we will have to wait and see the results of a cycle year.
• Whereas your proposal indicates that it would aid the increasing problem of conservation and that separation of the two types of gear would assist in orderly operation and would thus be advantageous, the only advantage of this would seem to trend toward the purse seines catching most of the fish, as the fish would tend to school up more, not being hampered by the gill-nets as far as conservation is concerned. This arrangement would not aid the situation.
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