The Seward gateway., 1923-01-29
FISHERMEN PROTEST
SMALL cANNERIES SAY BIG IN
 TEREsTs PROMOTING"

SEATTLE, Jan. 29.-Following the recent publication of the regulations promulgated by the United States bureau of fisheries to govern the new ry formed fisheries reservation ID Southwestern Alaska, and Delegate Sutherland's exposure of an alleged conspiracy among the big interests, a sharp protest is being made by in. dependent interests comprising the smaller cannery concerns.
 Opponents of the new regulations declare that "big interests have been given control of the choice sal mon fishing grounds in the Kodiak Afognak district of the new reserva- rions, and the little fellows have been forced out of business.
 The protests come from packing concerns operating in the Kodiak, .Afognak. Cook Inlet reservation, con- prising Kodiak and Afognak islands and the waters surrounding them.
 The new reservation was created Ill an effort to prevent the extermination ot salmon in these districts. Ihls new reserve places all the jurlsoic- tion of the bureau.
 It regulations leave the immense spawning grounds of the Boring Sea and Bristol Bay districts practically unhampered.
 The Alaska Packers association the Northwestern Fisheries and the Pacific American Fisheries are the large companies which are given the best fishing grounds in Alaskan Wa ,ers while other territories are plac- ed in reservations.
 Otto Hofstead of the Katmai Pack ing company, who operates a small cannerv at Uzinkie, Spruce lslanu' has it's pack cut in half by the 1925 H. cense Last year they canned oniy l5.Ooo cases. The Katmai company IS also limited to Zone III. Although Uganik. Terror and Tiekoda bays are included in Zone III the katmal con- many is forbidden to fish there. The Alitak Packing company IS also seri- ously restricted.
 TO complete the small canner!- r,an,s discontent, the Alaska Packers and the Northwestern Fisheries nave heen granted permission by the ou' -oor to dam the mouth of the hariuK river which will catch every hsh en- tering the stream. No other company is perhitted to fish in or about the Karluk river.
 Officials of the Robinson hshefieS state that although they are gwen nermission to pack 10000 cases, they will be unable to do so because .neS are barred from the only hShlhs grounds in their zone
 The Alitak company which last year canned 65,OOO cases of salmon Was given permission to put up oniS '0o0 cases this year. The Alitak company is prohibiting from fishing in the Mar luk river and in Sitkalidak straits where Manager Foster assert 'ies caught the greater part Of thelf paoh of pinks last year
 The Alitak company was moreo'ei nrohibited from fishing in Olga ba! and Moser Bay. These bays are taken away from other companies anu si'eA exclusively to the Alaska packers
 The Alitak company the Rooln- son Fisheries and the katmal peopie au say that if they operate this year under present regulations they Will ,ose money, and if they do not op crate they will be refused hcen'e next year. : +,,
 Henry O'Malley, formerly o1 tne Seattle office of the bureau oA nen'. ies is in direct charge of the lssu auce of permits which are signed os cooratary of Commerce herDeFl fnoo