January 8, 1957
THE FISHERMAN
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BRITISH COLUMBIA HERRING PRODUCTION
Dec. 22, '56 Dec. 17, '55 Dec. 18, '54 Dec. 19, '53 Dec. 22,'51 Dec. 16,'50
Tons Tons Tons Tons Tons Tons
DISTRICT No. 2
Northern 8,209 1,613 __ 30,5-01 45,380 29,829
Central 7,991 25,623 15,634 12,297 609 19,569
, Q.C. Islands 584 __ 12,875 __
DISTRICT No. 3
Lower East Coast 33,958 46,971 50,398 52,805 40,959 40,883
Middle East Coast 19,294 2,106 10,945 19,837 10,015 10,040
Upper East Coast 13,560 645 9,019 2,855 1,360 1,648
West Coast 3,809 17,818 12,366 26,292 8,780 9,219
TOTAL 87,405 94,776 . 111,237 144,587 107,103 111,188
PRODUCTION - - 1956-1957
at December 22, 1956
Used Fresh, etc Tons 15
Herring Meal Tons 15,743
Herring Oil - .. Imperial Gallons 2,264,921
Fisheries Department Announces Several Shifts in Personnel
Federal fisheries officer promotions and staff changes are noted in a news release issued last week by A. J. Whitmore, chief supervisor of fisheries. G. E. Moore, former assistant
supervisor at Prince Rupert, is now serving in that capacity at Nanaimo and will take over as supervisor o' District 3 on retirement of H. E. Palmer next March.
J. H. Hitchcock, a B.C. fisheries officer who was formerly in charge of the Naas River area, will be supervisor of fisheries at Hay River in the Great Slave Lake district of the North West Territories'. Mr. Hitchcock will work under the chief supervisor of fisheries in Winnipeg.
M. P. Houghton, former fisheries officer for Butedale, has been transferred to the Vancouver waterfront area to fill the position previously held by A. L. Murray, now supervisor of District 1.
R. R. Mallory, formerly in charge of North Queen Charlotte Islands area at Massett, has stepped up a grade and will be in charge of the important Bella Bella area.
J. C. Summers has been trans-
ferred from Nootka to the Lil-looet-Nicola area in District 1, with headquarters at Lillooet.
The federal department of fisheries also announced appointment of four new fisheries officers:
F. A. Green to the Comox area; J. R. MacLeod to Alert Bay; J. A. Kent to Hardy Bay and O. M. Bussey to Butedale. All will work under senior officers in these areas.
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U.S. Continues Research On Downstream Migrants
Washington State department of fisheries researchers will be working in Oregon this spring on a continuation of investigations into the effect of power dams on the survival of downstream salmon migrants. A $58,000 contract for the work,
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to be done at the Big Cliff dam on the north fork of the Santiam a"-River, near Salem, has been awarded the department by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The department conducted similar studies for the Corps of Engineers at McNary dam on the Columbia River in 1955 and 1956 and analagous investigations at dams on the Baker, Elwha, Lewis, Chelan, White and White Salmon rivers in Washington.
Data on mortality rates of downstream salmon migrants are of utmost importance in helping to maintain the important salmon runs in the Columbia.
The 1955 and 1956 McNary experiments utilised 1,860,000 marked fall spring salmon fingerlings. The studies at Big Cliff will use both sockeye and coho yearlings and fingerlings.
The Big Cliff dam was select-| ed because the height of the dam
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and type of spillway and turbine greatly resemble the conditions McNary dam. In addition the smaller flow in the Santiam will permit a reduction in the number of both fingerlings and yearling fish required for the experiment. The debris problem also will be greatly reduced so the recovery nets may be used continuously with little or no damage.
Canada Calls for 12-Mile Limit In Dealing With Fishery Controls
A United Nations Committee last month heard Canada advance the proposition that territorial water jurisdiction should be extended to 12 miles for purposes of fishery management but that the three mile limit should remain for most other purposes.
The Canadian spokesman re-' called that his country had his- j
nised no historic right of any torically promoted the three-mile' coun*rv m *n's respect, limit to territorial waters. These propositions were ad-
He noted that many countries ■ vanced at the sixth committee including his own had already' of the United Nations which on found such a narrow limit to be December 3 began consideration inadequate or insufficient with of the rePort of the International regard to customs, fiscal matters, Law Commission (ILC) on the and sanitation control, and that I "Flnal Report on the Regime of as a consequence many countries the HlSh Seas> the ReSlme of the had already established a 12-mile Territorial Sea, and Related
1 Problems."
Included in this report are recommendations regarding international limits to territorial waters and fishery jurisdiction.
On November 27, the United States introduced, together with
contiguous zone to deal with these matters.
The Canadian delegate observed that it was the opinion of his government that the narrow three-mile territorial limit was now also insufficient to permit proper control and regu- , „ lation of fisheries by the coastal 22 co-sponsoring nations, a reso-state, adding that Canada was lutlon calllng for endorsement of
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the recommendation of the ILC
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The projected experiment will allow a recovery of more than 10# percent of the fish released, whereas at McNary the recovery ratio was less than one percent. Gear will also be fished to determine horizontal distribution of fish.
12 miles, for consideration by the proposed world conference.
He added that under this compromise plan the breadth of the territorial sea would still remain at three miles, but that fishery regulations and control would be divorced from other considerations in the territorial sea.
According to the Canadian spokesman, this separate fisheries treatment would allow each state to control its fisheries without the complications of international law and that this specialised extension would not endanger freedom of the seas nor air navigation.
The Venezuelan delegation presented support for a 12-mile territorial sea with the privilege of extending fisheries zones farther if and when they saw fit, and it was particularly noted that Venezuela recog-
ternational plenipotentiary conference for study and considera-
tion, which would take account of the legal, technical, biological, economic, and political aspects of the problem.
The United States resolution would refer the commission's report to the specialised conference as the basis for its consideration of problems involved in development and codification of the law of the sea.
There has been indicated so far in the committee sessions general agreement that the ILC report should be referred to a future specialised conference. However, every effort is being made by a large number of delegations who do not hold conservative views on the more controversial aspects of the report such as territorial waters and extent of fishery controls, to make comment on these subjects at this meeting.
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