Apirl 12, 1946
THE FISHERMAN
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Proposed Fishery Change Protested
Editor, The Fisherman:
This letter is a protest to one of the fishery regulations which was endorsed by the Union. The number of the regulation about which I wish to protest ia 28, I believe. It fs in connection with the tying of seine nets to the beach. I would like to know if the Union thinks this is a fair regulation to the small fisherman.
Looking this matter squarely in the face, anyone can see it is a move by the companies to drive the small fisherman out of business.
This is reason No. 1 for protest. A seine boat tied to a point and left there for hours is no more than a floating trap.
Reason No. 2, against the Regulation: Only big company boats can pack these larger and deeper seines. The small seine boat cannot handle these, for it cannot compete with the larger company boats which will eventually put it out of business.
Reason No. 3: The Gillnetter, with a gillnet a little over four fathoms has not a chance at all; he might just as well retire. Also, the smaller troller who follows the beach will experience difficulty in getting near the fish, if he encounters a seine boat tied to the beach or 300 fathoms, stuck out in a narrow channel. This would pretty well put three kinds of fishermen out of business; which leaves no one in the field but the companies and their floating traps.
There will be some arguments against this from the seiners, of course, as gillhetters catch fish at night, but a sockeye fisherman, or also a man fishing humps, does better in the daytime. The seiner has just as much chance to fish at night as the gillnetter, only I will admit he is a little more handicapped in doing so, but I don't think there's any law to stop him from trying it.
If the Union endorsed this regulation, I feel it's a mistake; as I have tried to explain. Even the little seiners have to spend more for bigger seines, and then with a small boat they cannot pack the seine, so they will have to get bigger boats, which run into thousands of dollars. The small seiner simply can't afford it; as it is, the companies get 98 percent of the money out of our fish. True, we get more on paper now than 25 years ago, but less in cash. I have seen cohoes in 1919 were 95c, gear supplied, and fish collected.
And what about fish hogs? Trol-lers are fishing two hours before daylight, and two hours after it's dark; big boats are crowding the little boats, and so forth. A fellow almost feels he should be loaded with atomic bombs, and use some of them on those guys. If you catch a fish, they are on your tail far worse than any tribe of sea gulls. Sea lions are bad, and so are seals, but you can't compare them to the fish hogs.
JOE MOORE.
Namu, B.C.
Editor's Note: The proposed fishery amendment referred to, number 28, would provide that the present regulation prohibting the tying of purse-seine nets to the beach be deleted. In other words, tying purse-seine nets to the beach would then be permitted.
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• This column is open to all readers. The Editorial Board requests all letters be signed. Signatures will be published unless otherwise stated. Letters should not be more than 200 words in 'ength. Letters to the editor do not necessarily reflect the policy of The Fisherman.
Disagrees In Method Of Waging Struggle
Editor, The Fisherman:
In reply to Joe Moore's letter in last week's issue, I can heartily agree with him that we are in for a grimmer than usual struggle. But I disagree with his method of combatting the same. I think we could very well have a strike or emergency fund and still bury our dead when occasion rises. I grant him that there is plenty of racketeering in 'the undertaking business, and I for one, would welcome a change; but I know I shall not live to see the day when, as the divine spark leaves the body, a couple of trained persons appear and remove it to the morgue for autopsy and thence to a crematorium for disposal in a sensible way. This has been my ambition ever since I was knee high to a conger eel.
However, I do find myself op posed to religious and other sup erstitions, and these are just as prevalent in the fishing industry as in any ottier walk of life. So while we are waiting for the day when all this nonsense is over, don't let our members who pass away have to be buried in a pauper's grave. There is something revolting to me in those funerals, especially for that noblest of animals, those who go down to the sea in ships.
So let's have both an emergency fund and a burial fund. We passed an assessment at our recent convention of one dollar per man. I bet you there will be lots of us who think we are good union men whose share of that buck has not been paid, even before the next convention. Just let George do it. I am living on six hundred dollars a year, but I still can manage to pay my dues and assessments, so why not the guy making six times that amount? And please, Joe Moore, what have you against a little self-help, even at the graveside?
OLE MARTIN.
Vancouver, B.C.
U.S. Delegate To Represent Cooperatives
LONDON (ALN). —Dr. Murray Lincoln of the U.S. will represent the International Cooperative Alliance at the next meeting of the United Nations Social and Economic Council, opening in the U.S. on May 25. The ICA executive council also announced that the next ICA congress—the first since 1937—will take place in Prague on October 6.
Seattle Fishery Production Heavy
For Week Ending Sat., April 6
Receipts of fresh fish at Seattle during the week ending Saturday, April 6 were very heavy, amounting to a total of 978,473 pounds, which represented an increase of 53 per cent over last week's figure of 637,656 pounds. Current receipts were also 29 per cent greater than those for the comparable week last year.
Accounting for almost three-quarters of all fresh fish receipts were otter trawl landings by 16 vessels with a total of 718,373 pounds. Although the market for rockfish is greatly over-supplied 64 per cent of all trawl deliveries or 625,830 pounds were rockfish. Liberal to heavy landings were also made of English soles, 98,152 pounds and lingcod 31,926 pounds.
In addition to the trawl fleet, two vessels of the halibut fleet landed a total of 17,000 pounds consisting of 11,000 pounds of sablefish, 4,000 founds of ling-cod and 2,000 pounds of rockfish. Also two vessels of the shark and line fishery landed small amounts of true cod; lingcod; and octopus.
Weekly supplies of fresh salmon were on the increase, with a total of 63,267 pounds of Chinook or Kings being received by the local market. One packer boat from Canada landed 32,500 pounds, one truck delivered 10,430 pounds of Columbia River fish and two trucks from the Washington coast delivered 20,337 pounds. Additional truck receipts for the week totalled 120,507 pounds which consisted mostly of true cod, lingcod, rockfish, English sole and the fillets of these and perch and Columbia River smelt.
While fresh fish with the exception of salmon tended to move slowly, the shellfish market continued active with supplies of most items adequate. Shellfish in greatest abundance were reported as: 15,840 pounds of butter and little neck clams; 11,418 pounds of crabs and crab meat; and 5,665 gallons of oysters.
Railway shipments of fishery products from Seattle totalled nine cars.
FINNING RADIOPHONE DIRECTORY PUBLISHED
As a convenience to fishermen, boat-owners and those who do business with them, Finning Tractor and Equipment Co., Ltd., have published a Marine Radio-Telephone Directory, containing all connections in operation at January 15 of this year. Complete instructions for placing calls is given, and ample space is provided for further listings as they become active.
In alphabetical order, the listings are plainly shown, ^irst, the name of the coastal and harbor craft is given, followed by the owner or charterer, and finally the port of register. Any boat anywhere in these waters which ships transmitting equipment can be contacted with other boats or land, in either direction, through radiotelephone station CZO at Vancouver. All present frequencies are shown.
A copy of this directory is free for the asking from Finning Tractor & Equipment Co. Ltd., distribu-tora for Caterpillar Marine Diesels.
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Ladner
First Sunday of each month at 1:30 p.m. in the Ladner Fishermen's Co-op Hall.
Sunbury
Next Sunday, April 14, at 7:30 in the Bayview Hall. Japanese resolution to be discussed. Any UFAWU member invited to attend.
Albion Local
The annual meeting of the Albion Local will be held on April 13 at 2 p.m., when the election of officers for the ensuing year will take place. It is requested tiiat ail members come out and cast their votes, and hear the report of delegates to the convention of the UFAWU.
Port Mann
Second Sunday of each month at two o'clock, at Port Mann (Henry Hansen's).
Gulf Islands
The Gulf Islands Local of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union will hold its next meeting on the last Friday in April at the Reid Island saltery-Time of the meeting has been set at 12 o'clock noon.
Sointula Local
Regular meeting of the Soin-tula Local, UFAWU, is held on the first Sunday of each month at 2 p.m., in the Finnish organization hall at Solntula.
Shoreworkers' Local
Shore workers meet regularly at the Fishermen's Hall on the third Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Address of Hall is 138 East Cordova and all shore local members in Vancouver and district are urged to attend. Next meeting is Thursday, April 18.
Vancouver Local
First Thursday of each month at 8 o'clock in the Fishermen's Hall, 138 East Cordova Street.
Victoria Local
Will meet first Thursday in May at 8 p.m., in the Victoria Trades and Labor Council Hall, 602 Broughton Street.
Quathiaski Local Sees Crucial Year Ahead
Quathiaski local of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union at it's annual meeting on April 3, re-elected to office Doug Morton, president; Norman Jordan, vice-president; Reg Dixon, secretary; and Arthur Stanley, treasurer, with a full quota of executive and social committee members.
During the past year the local has increased its membership by over 50 percent, making it the largest local in the Gulf with the largest number of paid-up members. It has not only fought for better prices for fish, and better working conditions for its members, but has also taken up community matters, such as a consolidated school, a speed limit on the road in Quathiaski, a light on Cape Mudge buoy, which it is hoped will soon arrive. The local has also looked into the matter of a breakwater at Campbell River, as It has over twenty members at the river.
At the annual meeting Reg Dixon and Tom Brain were asked to report on their trip to town as delegates from the Cove to the annual convention of the UFAWU.
After a discussion on salmon prices, it was decided to demand a 10 percent increase in the price of all fall fish for 1946.
It was also decided to call a
special meeting of the local on April 21 to discuss the Japanese question and how it will affect the fishermen on the Coast.
The re-elected officers of the local, realizing that this year is a crucial one for organized labor, have pledged themselves to discharge their Union duties to the utmost of their ability. They also feel they will need the very best cooperation from the membership in this task. To this end they urged that:
• Members attend union meet-when at all possible.
• When at meetings, members should speak out on the floor and
• They should pay close attention to the proceedings, so that affairs may be conducted smoothly, and everyone may have a fair chance to speak.
• Dues should be paid in advance, if possible, and last, but not least
• Do unto others as if you were* the others.
Chrysler Engine Sales For March
March sales of Chrysler engines included several sold to B.C. fishermen. Buyers of 110 h.p. Chrysler Crowns were as follows:
E. Hansen, Lund; K. Olsson, Vancouver; J. Iverson, New Westminster; F. Mostad, Prince Rupert;   I. Johansen, Prince Rupert;
Watts & Nickerson
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MEAT SHOP Meats, Groceries Vegetables Prompt Delivery Phone Steveston 49 Steveston, B.C.
M. Smith, Ceepeecee; A. W. Bos-well, Victoria; L. Iverson, New Westminster.
S. Jemne, Vancouver, H. Hagg-man, Vancouver; R. Intereri, Vancouver; H. L. Woodman, Dlgby, N.S.
Those who brought 85 h.p. Aces were:
R. W. Davis, Telegraph Cover; J. A. Beaubien, Steveston; L. Wilson, Vancouver; R Clark, Uclue-let; H. Glorstad, Vancouver.
Purchasers of the 143 h.p. Royal came from as far away as Camp-belltown, New Brunswick.
They are: S. L. Simpson of Mass-ett; H. W. Miller & Co,, Victoria; McLennan Foundry, Campbell-town, N.B.; George Dupuis, Mon-tebello, Quebec.
The Atlas engine sold was a 10 h.p. 1200 r.p.m. industrial to Central Bridge Company of Trenton, Ontario.
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