The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-04
DEMANDS NEW FISH CONTROL
 REGULATIONS

| protest ana preserve Ile llSuiuS lli' dustry has resulted from the present methods of control and administra- tion, the Juneau Commercial Associa- Il ton at it's regular meeting last week I adopted a resolution calling for the appointment of commission of seven members to take charge of and administer all fisheries, partic- ularly the salmon and herring indus 1 try.
 J The resolution was offered by George F. Forrest. He said that the present situation demanded imme- diate action of a positive nature. The cannerymen, he asserted, while seemingly a unit and working CO., hesively, are absolutely afraid of one another and cannot agree on any method of protection for the preser- vation and perpetuation of the in- dustry
 J. R. Heckman of Ketchikan and one of the most widely known busi- ness man and canneryman of Alaska who was present at the meeting, strongly endorsed the resolution, de- .clarng that the provisions eXclud | ing canners to be a wise step. q am canneryman,' he said, ''and l | know the attitude of those interest ed in the business. They all 'hol- Ter for protection of the salmon. But when it comes to devising ways and means of doing that, they qual | ify it by crying don't let it affect me- It all simply amounts to this," he said, make the other fellow do it.
 MT. HeckWan declared that there is only one way in which to per petuate the fishing industry and that by having a definite closed season in which no fishing of any kind would be permitted every year. | Close them all down, he suggested. on October 20, of each year. for at least two weeks in every section of the territory. This, he argued, would give the fish, especially | humpback salmon, chance to get up the spawning streams in suffi- cient numbers to assure crop each year.
 The speaker took a rap at the present Sunday closing law. '1t is not worth that he reclared snap ping his fingers. He advocated it's | abolition, allowing fishing every day in the open season but providing for a certain definite closed season ! during each fall.
 He warned the association that | the protection of herring if they wished to preserve this species from extinction. More and more plants are being put up. he said to make fertilizer out of this fish, which he | classed as valuable cheap food article This fish, he asserted, is making far greater progress as a marketable product than the salmon did when it was first introduced on | the markets of the world. Unless | some action is taken, he said, within a few years it will have been wiped out by fertilizer manufacturing plants and lost entirely to the ter ritory, but preserved, it would be eventually a source of substantial revenue to the people of Alaska.
 In the opinion of both Mir. For rest, and Charles D. Garfield, the enactment of the LaneCury bill and subsequent appointment of an lessen the necessity for a separate commission to handle the fishing industry The industry, both assert CT, is too vast and it's interest too far reaching for such a board as that proposed under the Lane-Curry measure to deal with adequately. It must be handled as an entity, those in charge of it being able to devote all of their time to the work. Both speakers emphasized the fact that the membership of the committee should be composed of business men, bUEa fide residents of the territory and in no way connected with the canning industry.
 The resolution passed follows in ful1