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THE FISHERMAN
Friday, November 8, 1946
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NOTICE
TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE PRINCE RUPERT FISHERMEN'S COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
The Semi-Annual Meeting of the Association will be held at the Oddfellows' Hall, Prince Rupert, B.C., beginning November 28, 1946, commencing at 10 a.m. Remember, all members are invited to attend the Fishermen's Cooperative Federation meetings to be held in the Oddfellow's Hall, Prince Rupert, B.C., on Nov. 26 and 27. You are also Invited to the Pacifi* Coast Fishermen's Mutual Marine Insurance Company's meeting to be held the day following the Prince Rupert Fishermen's Cooperative Association meeting at the Oddfellow's Hall, Prince Rupert, B.C.
P.R. FISHERMEN'S COOPERATIVE ASSN.
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Ban On Airwaves Will Be Fought by Unionists
What appears to be a deliberate move by radio station CKWX to prevent leftwing labor news from going out over the airwaves, has brought sharp expressions of anger from many sections of organized labor in Vancouver. The program, which has been shut off by station tnanager Frank Elphicke effective October 31, is very popular in trade union circles and is broadcast under the title, -
Interesting Facts Revealed In Early Herring Fishing
After three to four weeks of early season "scratch" fishing, during which time the herring were in deep water and too scattered for successful seining, the fish suddenly moved into the lower east coast of Vancouver Island areas in such large numbers that by Tuesday, October 29, canneries were working at full capacity and fully loaded packers were lining the cannery docks.
"Labor Looks Behind the Headlines," conducted by ace labor commentator Al Parkin.
Stated reason for the program ban was that it was "commercially bad" for the station. But in an earlier telephone conversation with Stewart McKay, program manager,- Al Parkin was told in effect, .that "CKWX no longer wants your type of program."
Expressing his conviction that the program ban "is due solely to the progressive labor content of the broadcast," Parkin claims that the station management obviously acted as a result of outside pressure.
"They will deny that such is the case. But lacking any evidence to the contrary, it seems clear that pressure has been brought to bear, directly or otherwise, by those anti-labor circles in the Canadian Manufacturers Association and the Vancouver Board of Trade who want to maintain their monopoly grip on all means of public information."
Last week a big delegation of unionists, including John Turner of the Vancouver Labor Council, UFAWU president George Miller, and representatives of some of the largest AFL and CCL unions in B.C., visited Elphicke demanding an explanation. His only excuse was that the program did not have the kind of listening audience that attracts advertisers to the station. He admitted his opinion was based on the Elliot-Haynes method of polling audience reaction, which is confined only to Vancduver, does not sample a cross-section of the labor listening audience, and ignores entirely out-of-town listeners.
Under pressure of the delegation, Elphicke agreed to pay for the costs of a poll of trade union members to ascertain how many would support continuance of the broadcast. If enough listeners signified their approval, the program would be restored to the station's regular schedule.
Later, several members of the delegation met informally and laid plans to launch a province-wide free speech fight, coupled with a campaign to get thousands of trade unionists to vote "yes" for continuing Parkin's broadcasts, and to flood CKWX with protest letters and resolutions against - the ban.
George Miller termed the broadcast ban a serious matter. "It seeks to bar laboi u; -nions from the air, and establish the principle that free expression of
opinion shall be subject to the whims of radio station owners."
Secretary-Treasurer Bert Mels-ness of the IWA placed "the full weight of the IWA behind the campaign to reverse the CKWX action." Said Melsness: "I'm confident our members will view this as a blow to their interests and a threat to freedom of speech."
NEW AREAS EXPLORED
During the first part of October, in the frantic search for fish, seine boats explored all waters along the east coast of Vancouver Island from Swanson Channel to Deepwater Bay. By means of echo sounders which were first Introduced to the herring fleet by the Pacific Biological Station as early as 1942, scattered schools were from time to time located and caught. Some of the areas, such as around Cape Lazo, had never been fished before.
TAG RETURNS
Tags from Cape Lazo and Deep-water Bay fish, recovered by a tag detector operated by the Pacific Biological Station at the Imperial Cannery, Steveston, revealed that these fish had been tagged in the spring of 1946 at Pender Harbor, Skuttle Bay near Powell River and in Baynes Sound. They
CANNED SALMON PACK
Nov. 2 Nov. 3 Nov. 1 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 1
1946 1945 1944 1943 1942. 1941
Sockeye .... 542,838 328,926^ 247,636 164,926 664,680 454,870
Springs ..... 8035 12555*6 10327 10566 22689H 49945
Steelheads . 4105Vi '2811 3521 3096 4580 3421
Bluebacks 2914 6661V* 12464 14067 23254 % 30011
Coho ........ 95945*6 211473 168212*6 171678*4 186901 359123
Pinks ...... 116411 823264 391129 * 529197*6 269222*6 430360
Chums ......541942*6 338123*6 252166 317077 580986*6 779995
Total, all dist. 1312191*6 1723815 1094855*6 1210608 1752314 2107725
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a delegate from Sunbury, Ernie Haksi, and Steveston together with Pete Jenewein and two table officers of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union.
The fishermen feel that to make a trip down the channel once a year for the purpose of recording license numbers or in other words to make a "case" against a number of fishermen and not summons them until the season is over, can serve no useful purpose. For one thing it will not prevent further violations and furthermore is not intended to. This is true because, since the time when this was done heavy fishing in that area has continued unchallenged.
To make examples of a few individuals and not attempt to enforce the law they are charged with breaking is ridiculous in the opinion of the fishermen. Much more practical measures could be worked out.
The union committee also plans to raise the question of excessive speeds on the part of large craft in the River which is also a vio-
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had entered the fishing grounds from the north by way of Johnstone Strait. On the other hand tags recovered from fish in Swan-son Channel and Porlier Pass showed that these fish had been tagged among the Gulf Islands, in Ladysmith Harbor and Departure Bay. These fish, after spending the summer on offshore feeding grounds, doubtless entered the Gulf of Georgia by way of the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
SIZE AND AGE OF FISH
As predicted in Circular No. 7 of the Pacific Biological Station the lower east coast fish are large and of excellent size for canning and kippering. Large numbers are in their fourth year, having hatched in the spring of 1943. Data obtained in 1944 and 1945 indicated that this year class was particularly successful and based on the evidence available it was earlier predicted that fishing would be good in 1946 and that there should be no difficulty in filling the quota.
NO PREDICTION
Unfortunately there is not yet sufficient information available on the factors governing the inshore movements of the herring,, hence when fish will appear is unpredictable. The availability of herring this season has been unusually delayed but they have at last arrived, to the great relief of cannery operators and fishermen who, following ' a poor pilchard season, were beginning to despair of ever getting "out of the red."
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chairman of the committee but no definite arrangement has yet been made, in some cases because individuals agreeable to both parties find it impossible to- act The Honorable Mr. Justice Coady of the Supreme Court is mooted as a possible arbitrator but whether his
services would be available is uncertain.
With the salmon season practically over many settlements are now being made. Some complaints have been received at union headquarters in regard to average weights for River Inlet chums aa shown at Namu weighing station during October and the last week
of September. These were for week ending September 28, 14.52 lbs. ; October 5, 14.28 lbs.; October 12, 14.07 lbs. Fishermen in Rivers Inlet during this period having any facts that would assist in the investigation of these complaints are asked to communicate with union headquarters.
The union has asked the Salmon Canners Operating Committee in accordance with the agreement to provide figures in regard to all pinks and chums frozen during the season. Further announcement will be made on this matter as soon as data has been received.
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the company's "final" offer which represents a very slight improvement over the old lay. The company's offer does not carry the recommendation of the executive officers and its rejection by the membership which was being freely predicted, would bring the current negotiations to the showdown stage.
While the voting on the company's offer proceeds, the company lawyers are proceeding to argue before the Supreme Court that the National Wartime Labor Relations Board erred in granting certification of the fishermen's bargaining representatives. Officers of the union declared to the convention in no uncertain terms
that, while the union's attorney had been instructed to appear at these hearings and protect the union's interests there, no legal tricks could now deprive the fishermen of the recognition they had won from the companies.
Officers elected to serve until the next convention were: President, Ben McKenzie; Vice-President, Arthur Lovell; Secretary, H. C. Meade; Treasurer, Willis Parke. In addition there are ten executive board members representing the three divisions of the new union: the deep-sea fishermen, the shore fishermen and the fish handlers.
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