TITherman
MARITIMES SECTION
• Acadia Condor (top) is shown taking up the back trawl on the Grand Banks, and (bottom) unloading her 290,000 pound trip of flounder and cod at Mulgrave Fisheries.
On New Stern Trawler
Union Man Describes Trip to Grand Banks
UFAWU Mulgrave Local president Jim Collins, in a recent letter to The Fisherman, describes a trip aboard the new stern trawler Acadia Condor to the Grand Banks fishing grounds.
Owned by Acadia Fsheries of Mulgrave, the vessel is crewed by 16 men and was built by Ferguson Shipyards of Pictou.
"We left Mulgrave on June 1 and landed a catch of 290,000 pounds of cod and flounder on June 12," Collins said. "We fished on the east end of the Grand Eanks where fish is not as plentiful now as in the past and flounder are generally smaller.
"Russian, French, German and other trawlers are making good catcher of almost all species," he added.
"While o nthe Grand Banks we fished alongside an iceberg, not an unusual sight as they drift down the east coast of Newfoundland from the Arctic. Weather was still cold in that area and on June 9 there were a few snow flurries during the night.
"When we got back to Mulgrave, howevr, it was 70 degrees so it's quite true that 'one half of the world doesn't know how the t :hcr half lives.' 5,000 POUND TOWS
"V usually tow around two hour: and average 5,000 pounds a tow hen fishing is fair. On our way home we fished one day off Cape Race and got 40,000 pounds in six tows, mostly cod.
"The Acadia Condor is manned almost entirely by Newfoundlanders, including skipper Cyril Rose, mate James Collins, second mate Donald Antel and bosun Ed Hodder. Our cook is from Cape Breton and the crewmen are Newfoundlanders."
The Mulgrave Local president adds he writes to let "our brothers on the West Coast know how fishing is for some of their fellow UFAWU members here in Nova Scotia."
Restore Canadian Jobs, Union Says
Davis Urged To Act Now On Tuna Fleet Giveaway
The Atlantic Sugar Refineries tuna fleet scandal has been drawn to the attention of newly appointed federal fisheries minister Jack Davis as a matter requiring his immediate attention.
In a letter to Davis this week, UFAWU business agent Jack Nichol called on the new minister to "take the initiative and do whatever is required to compel Canadian Tuna Fishing Ltd. to man (its) vessels with Canadian personnel and ensure the five tuna seiners deliver their catches to the New Brunswick plant for processing."
Referring to continued government inaction in the face of Union demands for positive steps to end the sellout of Canadian jobs, Nichol stressed that "the platitudes uttered by former fisheries minister H. J. Robichaud and departmental buck-passing is not acceptable as an alternative to concrete remedial action."
Taxpayers' dollars were used to construct the seiners, Nichol pointed out, and expenditure of $5.5 million dollars in vessel subsidies alone can be justified only if a Canadian tuna industry is developed as a result.
Grant Deachman, Liberal MP for Vancouver Quadra, called on the government last December to "tighten up policing of subsidies of this kind," Nichol recalled.
Deachman referred to the subsidized tuna seiner Golden Scarab which, he said, "fished in foreign waters, took on foreign crews and landed its catch in foreign ports for processing . . . this vessel was literally lost to the Canadian economy after it had been built here."
The warning, apparently, went unheeded, Nichol said, and "the latest tuna fishing venture has developed into a runaway operation of much greater proportions."
RULES WAIVED
Reports received this week indicate that an American skipper has been hired to replace a Canadian aboard another tuna vessel, the Atlantic John Park, after she completes conversion work in an East coast shipyard.
Replacement of certificated Canadians has been made possible by the federal transport department's waiving of regulations requiring masters and other licensed personnel on ships to be holders of appropriate Canadian certificates of competency.
Certain engineroom personnel on at least one of the vessels are reported to be foreign nationals, despite the fact.that regulations also require them to be holders of Canadian certificates.
And while the fight to end a massive sellout of Canadian interests by Atlantic Sugar Refineries continues, former B.C. crew members of the vessels still have not received a statement of wages for the time spent aboard the ships. Legal advice reportedly is being sought in an attempt to get the Company to issue state-
NOVA SCOTIA PRICES
MONDAY, JULY 8
PETIT DE GRAT
Cod (unculled)................... lb. 4Vic
Haddock (large)................ lb. 6Vic
Plaice (less 7 percent).... lb. 3%c
Herring ------------....................... lb. 1c
Mackerel _............................ lb. 21/2c
LUNENBURG
Cod (steak)..................... lb. 5%c
Cod (market)...................... lb. 51/2c
Cod (scrod)..........._______...... lb. 3%c
Haddock (large)................... lb. 9c
Haddock (scrod).............._ lb. SVic
Pollock....................................- lb. 4c
Hake ___________.......—............... lb. 2Vac
Rosefish (large) _______..........._ lb. 3c
Rosefish (small) ............________ lb. 2c
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THE FISHERMAN — JULY 12, 1968
Cusk
lb. 2V2C
Catfish _.....___________.....____________ lb. 31/2c
Plaice.................................... lb. 4 Vic
Yellowtail........................._____ lb. 4Vic
Witch _______________________............... lb. SVic
Scallops ___________..................... lb. $1.00
LOCKEPORT
Cod (steak)........................ lb. 6Vic
Cod (market)....................____ lb. 6c
Cod (scrod)............................ lb. 4Vic
Haddock (large)................ lb. 9Vic
Haddock (scrod)................ lb. 6Vic
Pollock __________........___________......... lb. 4c
Hake....................................lb. 4c
Cusk ......________.....__________............. lb. 4c
DIGBY
Hake .......
__________________............ lb. 3Vic
Flounder........................__________ lb. 4c
Lobsters (market) ................ lb. 80c
Clams (soft shelled)............ lb. 7c
Scallops................................ lb. $1.00
ments as prescribed by the Canada Labor Code.
CBRT PROTESTS
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers, Vancouver Local 400, this week called on Davis for action to restore the jobs of Canadians aboard the five vessels. "What good is a subsidized Canadian tuna fleet if there are going to be no jobs in this new potential industry for Canadians?" The CBRT asked. "As taxpayers we demand tighter control over tax dollars used for subsidies."
Public attention continued to be drawn to the tuna fleet scandal as former crewmen distributed leaflets at stores in the Vancouver area for the second week in succession. Handed to shoppers, the leaflets outlined events which saw Canadians replaced by foreign crews on the ships and asked that a note be made of the canned tuna product Bye-the-Sea which the Company markets in stores across the country.
PROBE URGED
In a letter to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau this week, former crewmen of the Atlantic Gen n is urged a federal government investigation into "the wage and hiring policies of Canadian Tuna Company which resulted in Canadian   fishermen   being re-
placed by foreign nationals in Panama recently."
A 50 percent subsidy and a development grant were provided by taxpayers toward construction of the vessels and processing plant in New Brunswick, the letter pointed out, with the aim of creating industry in a depressed area and providing Canadian fishermen with employment.
Events in Panama, however, have seen over 70 of these jobs lost, it stated. Canadian crews should be restored and legislation enacted to "prevent any further repetition of this scandalous situation," the men declared.
British Interests Get N.S. Plants
Two fishmeal plants in the Maritimes are reported to have been taken over by the large British firm of Chr. Salvesen and Company Ltd., which for many years counted Antarctic whaling among its diverse operations.
The plants are the 1,000 tons a day Sealife Fisheries Ltd. operation at Pubnico, Nova Scotia, and a 350 tons a day plant at Campo-bello, New Brunswick, reportedly owned by Canadian Seafood (N.B.) Ltd.
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