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THE FISHERMAN
October 15, 1957
Pay $25 Per Ton Cash
Gulf Dogfish Operation Gets Little Cooperation
Major fishing companies claim to be interested in getting rid of dogfish in British Columbia waters, but with the exeception of Nelson Bros. Fisheries, none of them seem to be willing to do anything practical about it.---
That, at any rate is our con- wanted fish delivered to their
TESTED IN ACTION
» The all-steel "Pacific Ocean" has been tested in action on the fishing: grounds and so far there have been no complaints from owners Bob and Nick Kelly of Nanaimo. Bob's previous vessel the trawler-drum seiner the "Lady Billie" went down last fall in the Gulf with the loss of two lives.
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viction after talking to one of three men partnering their own "operation dogfish" in the Gulf and making a go of it.
Moreover, they're paying fishermen $25 per ton cash delivered to their scow and have stated that if the federal government renews its $10 per ton bounty, they'll turn that money over to the fishermen as well.
But fishing companies last spring offered a gross price of $25 per ton which included the $10 bounty then in effect and
"Pacific Ocean" 100 Ton Capacity
A drum seiner with a 100 ton 11 /16 inch lighter, capacity seems more ' than a One feature of the ship, which little out of the ordinary but is powered by tandem G.M. when it is explained that the series 71 diesels (295 h.p.) is her combination vessel is 72 feet j Rice and Mcintosh chilled sea-long and made of steel, it be- water refrigeration system. Two
comes a likely story.
The boat is the recently launched "Pacific Ocean" built for Bob Kelly and father Nick of Nanaimo by Vancouver's Allied Builders located at First Avenue and Columbia Street.
The vessel has a 22 foot beam and eight foot draft. Steel plating used on the hull is 5/16
"Sea Chillers" have been installed for the four insulated hold tanks and one insulated bait tank. Each of the four fish tanks has a mechanical door for releasing the fish into the main hold located amidship.
The chilling system will only be used for halibut and possibly
The refrigeraion system is based on principles worked out by the Fisheries Research Board in its "J.R.D.", "Silver Viking" and other experimental installations.
The father - son owned craft carries all the latest in electronic equipment supplied through Sounder Sales and Service of Vancouver. Features include "Bat" Lavoie Marine * Radar, Model APN9 single unit Loran wilh two inch tube, Ekolite herring model echo sounder
inch thick while deck plating is cific Ocean" is handling herring.
salmon but not when the "Pa-, Kaar direction finder, 40 watt
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The three men operating their fcow in False Bay have appealed to B.C. Packers and Canadian Fishing Company for scows at nominal rental fees in order to extend their operations. But Ross Nicholson of B.C. Packers said his Company was "not interested", and the answer at Canfisco was the same.
Nelson Bros., however, readily made a deal to supply one scow and that is the one now in operation at False Bay. (It was moved last week from Blind Bay.)
But the men have run into production snags in their operation. For one thing, seining and gillnetting for dogfish is closed during salmon closure and their biggest production came from Mel Jeffries' seiner that was operating for them earlier in the season.
Only fishing permitted during salmon closures is by longline and beach seines and virtually all their production has come from the former source.
The men recently asked that openings be permitted on weekends and during closures but the fisheries department after some consideration and discussion with the local fishery officer rejected the application.
The men agree with the contention that incidental catches in gillnets could be a factor but argue that with seines, there is little or no possibility of catching salmon. They contend that if there is a school of dogfish around, the salmon just aren't there and back this up with the claim that Mel Jeffries took only one salmon during his operation for them earlier this year.
"The dogfish schools up in the bays and with a seiner, big catches can be made," a spokesman for the dogfish, operators 'claims. "The Gulf is lousy with them."
To October 5
Over 36,000 Tons Herring
CATCH Oct. 10,1957 Oct. 6,1956
District No. 2 Tons Tons
North _____________________________ 9,507 7,359
Central ____________________________ 1,952 i 1,514
Q. C. Islands ______________________ 274 584
District No. 3
Lower East Coast .1________________ 7,127 3,355
Middlle East Coast ___________... 2,491 974
Upper East Coast __________________ 3,399 13,560
West Coast _______________________' 12,128 1,969
36,878 29,315
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PRODUCTION 5-10-57 6-10-56
Herring Meal ______________ Tonns 7,122 4,898
Herring Oil _________ Imp. Gals. 887 702 954,139
Longlining has posed a special problem, that of getting bait and some arrangement for getting herring at cost will be attempted on the basis that the operation is killing off an important salmon and herring predator and also providing a number of fishermen with winter incomes.
Their single scow can handle 25 tons of dogfish daily, but if fishing companies would cooperate in supplying more scows, they could extend it to three times that amount.
And what happens to the dogfish? They are livered on the scow and the carcasses thrown overboard. Income is derived solely from the livers. Nelson Bros, did offer $5 per ton for the carcasses delivered in Steves-
ton, but the men rejected this proposition, claiming it would cost them more to handle and deliver than the $5 would bring.
While the men were at Blind Bay (located at the entrance of Jervis Inlet), they were told by the fishery Officer there had been complaints regarding floating carcasses from sport fishermen.
But unless somebody comes up with a decent deal for reducing the carcasses "Where else are we going to put them?" they ask.
There is no question that dogfish has become a bigger factor each year since liver prices slumped badly and any effort which depletes the population of this predator is welcome.
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