The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-31
OF TRAP FISHING IS
 URGED IN HOUSE
Representative Holt Intro. duces Memorial to Con-
 gress on Subject

Complete abolishmenr of fish traps and restrictive regulations on other apparatus, issuance of fishing li- censes, and the creation of a com mission to handle the fishing indus try, is the object of a memorial ad- dressed to Congress introduced in the House this morning by Repre- sentative E. L Holt, of the Second Division. The memorial contains a harsh indictment of trap fishing and the manner in which it is alleged to have been conducted.
 The memorial asks that "a deputy warden be given a district of not more than 100 miles of coast to pa trol over which he must travel at irregular intervals, covering the beat at least twice a week;
 Deputy Wardens
 That at each important creek there be appointed a deputy warden to serve with or without pay and who may be appointed to serve on the same principles that deputy sher- ifs may be appointed in the face of public necessity, not that the deputy shall have the qualification of being bona fide fisherman;
 That every fisherman shall be re- quired to carry a license to fish, and that said license be granted only or those who have declared their intention to become a citizen and to this latter class not for a longer per iod than that in which to complete their naturalization without the op. ton of renewal or extension in the event the holder neglects or fails to complete his naturalization, and to the inhabitants of Annette Island;
 Penalties Set
 "That said license be suspended for one week for the first offense or violation of the fishing regula- tions, and suspended for a period of one year for the second offense, and revoked in perpetuity for the third offense; and that each war den or deputy be authorized to act summarily in taking up the license, permitting the holder to have re- dress in the District Court, and where it appears that the officer acted without probable cause, that his commission shall be revoked by the District Court;
 That the Congress of the United States place the control of the fish ing business of Alaska in the hands of a commission of three, two of whom to be appointed by the Gov holders of the fishing license, with the further restriction that one of the appointees by the Governor shall be a scientist not directly interested in fish production either by way of employment or investment"
 Towns Supported
 The memorial declares that fisher men contribute almost entirely, or very considerably, or are the princi- pal means of support of most of the coast towns of Alaska, enumerating Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg. Jul neau, Douglas and Sitka. It states that thousands of Natives of Alaska are entirely dependent on seining op erations for their living and support 1 It claims that 42 per cent. of all 1 salmon caught are taken in traps as against 39 per cent. by seines. II charges that a large number of fine 1 salmon streams are absolutely block ed by traps even though they are legally placed and that as a result of the trap operations. by interests whom it is alleged are needless oi not only the interests of the Terri tory but of the future existence oi their own business. the industry is being killed. Expectations by the seiners is also charged which it i! declared cannot be prevented under the present system of Flaw enforce