April 25, 1939
THE FISHERMAN
OPPOSE INCREASED INSPECTION FEES
Will Affect Fish Boats Next Year
Page Five
Coastwise fishing, freight and towboat interests of British Columbia will regis" ter vigorous protest if the departmen-of transport at Ottawa doubles steal*1" boat inspection fees, as indicated by Hon. C. D. Howe recently.
It is only now that vessels propelled by internal combustion engines come under the Steamboat Inspection Act, an<* they will represent a large increase 'n fees without need for increasing the rate. On August 1, 1939, all vessels, to forty tons, come under inspection.
On August 1, 1940, all vessels to twenty-five tons are taken in. Even tually the act will cover all commerci3-1 vessels to fifteen tons gross. This vvi11 bring under inspection a huge fleet °* tugs and fishing boats.
So the coast shipping interests looK with strong opposition to any proposal to double the existing fees.
JAPANESE GAIN SOME CONCESSIONS
26 Boat-Pullers To Get Licenses
Japanese fishermen who protested against the government reducing number of licenses to their nationals, sen* a delegation to Ottawa to petition tbe government for full restoration of the twenty-two per cent cut.
The cut was ordered last February limiting the number to 250 with 179 ^ot the Fraser River district.
Delegations approached the Fiske1"' men's Unions and later the B.C. Yo^*1 Congress, where it was decided to set up a committee to meet jointly with tbe Japanese affected and with represew*3-" tives of fishermen's unions.
The delegation which went to Otta"8"'* returned some time ago and reported tt*a they had obtained 26 additional boat-Pu1' lers' licenses to be used by retux"Iie soldiers who are incapable of operatirlc' their boats alone.
Does a river lose its head?
Are fishes crazy when they go
Can an old hen sing her lay?
Can you bring relief to a wind01*'
Halibut Landings, Prices j\t Seattle
Following are landings of halibut and prices for Saturday by the United States Bureau of Fisheries: HALIBUT EXCHANGE (10 a.m.):
Chicken Medium Large
Western — Area III 6.0c 6% 6.0
6% 7% 6%
Columbia — NE .............................. 1,000 30,000 9,000
Grant — SJ ...................................... 2,500 29,500 8,000
Atlantic — Whiz............................... 2,000 29,000 4,000
Sea Bird — McCal........................... 1,500 22,500 5,000
Daily — Booth .................................. 2,000 19,000 4,000
Celtic — Wash................................. 500 30,500 9,000
-A.pril 22, as supplied
Total Grand Tot.
Total .......................................... 9,500
160,500
39,000
40.000 40,000 35,000 29,000 25,000 40,000
209,000
40,000 40,000 35,000 29,000 25,000 40,000
209,000
Unsold Stocks Canned Salmon
Big Reduction From Last Year
pane
Unsold stocks of canned salmon amounted to 2,397,000 standard cases of 48 one-pound cans on January 31, 1939, according to a statement released by the Association of Pacific Fisheries. Stocks at the end of the preceding month amounted to 2,769,000 cases, and on January 31, 1938, they aggregated 3,839,000 cases. The large decrease this year as compared with a year ago was reflected principally in pink salmon.
The unsold stocks on January 31, 1939, were distributed by species as follows: Alaska reds, 52 per cent; pinks, 30 per cent; chums, 7 per cent; cohoes, silvers, and medium reds combined, 5 per cent, and chinooks, Puget Sound sockeye, blue-fciacks, and steelheads, the remaining 6 per cent.
JAPAN INCREASES SALMON EXPORTS
Japan's shipment of canned salmon during the first nine months of 1938 totalled 1,105,571 cases, an increase of 179,652 cases, or 19.4 per cent as compared witth the like period of 1937. 576,857 cases (an increase of 13.7 per cent( and those of pink salmon were recorded at 494,726 cases (a decrease of ^1.6 per cent).
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Patrol Cruiser Takes ToSea
Two Hundred Witness Launchms Qf .Nlthlal,
NEW WESTMIk-to,
. /^STER, April 20.— Launching of t>>_
_,. , . . , ^ $90,000 Dominion Fisheries patrol ej.,.
„, „, . , ., ^iser, Nitinat, at the Star Shipyard (M;&>,
nessed last Wedno *^er) Ltd" was wit"
200 spectators as sh ^ night by about ._, „._.. » e slid down the ways
into the North Ari^ J
The christening- «f the Fraser River. Miss Margaret Relc, ^as Perf°r™d by Tom Reid, M.P., ^ ^young ^Shter of by Mrs. Reid. ^° was accompanied
An interested sjj.e ing was Major J. ^tator of the launch"
,.,..,„....;.,„„ tj__Motherwell, chief
supervisor for Br-Jtj
JAPANESE INVADE HALIBUT FISHING
Fishermen Advocate Federal Licenses
fisheries departm.
Columbia of the accompanied by
Mrs. Motherwell.
The Nitinat will ■« ver for installation e towed to Vancou-expected it will be °f engines and it is the end of May. S5h for sea about
department for fe .f be used by the Columbia coast, 1>x ol °f the Eritish largest craft to be ® ship- which is the in recent years, is built in local vards 18 feet beam and ^ ^07 feet lonS with teen. She will h^***"163 a crew of four" knots, with a poweJf a speed of twelve a 320-h.p. Vivian <jj Plant consisting of
the keel took place ej3el- The layinS of °n December 15.
PATRO]^ Canada's
Rumors are current to the effect that fishermen of the halibut fleet are considering asking the Federal Government to institute licensing of halibut fishermen the same as other categories of fishermen.
Halibut men usually operate in international waters outside the three-mile limit and are not licensed by the Dominion Fisheries department, but are registered with the International Fisheries Commission which controls the industry off the Pacific Coast.
Reports are to the effect that Japanese fishermen are quietly penetrating this branch of the industry. Last year there were five boats with Japanese crews operating out of Prince Rupert and fears are being expressed that an increase of this penetration will occur this year and fishermen are advocating amendments to the Fisheries Act to curb the invasion of the industry by Japanese.
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