The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-11
HERRING WASTE IS SOON TO BE
 INVESTIGATED

 of discussing ways and means of eliminating waste in the herring pack l ing industry in Alaska has been au- thorized by the Bureau of Fisheries, according to advices received by Gov. Scott c. Bone. No date has been set for it, but it is understood it will take place within the near future.
 l Harry J. Christoffers, agent of the bureau, with headquarters at Seattle, under instructions from Commissioner O'Malley, will conduct the hearing. He was requested to give proper notice of the meeting and it's purposes. The at l tention of the Bureau of Fisheries was
 directed to wasteful practices in the herring packing idnustry by the Ter
 ritorial Fish Commission, which, in it's fall session at Juneau last month
 adopted a resolution urging the Fed
 eral fisheries authorities to adopt reg
 ulations for better protection of |
 supply and the industry.
 Compliments on the same matter have been received by the bureau from other sources. Three main com plaints have been made. One that large quantities of herring suitable for human food are utilized for the pro- ducton of fertilizer, fish meal and oil; two, that in certain regions a large part of the fish caught are too small for curing and are thrown away;
 away; three that in certain regions a considerable part of the fish contain red feed and are dumped as unsuitable
 for curing.
 Has Definite Plans
 Commissioner OMalley said that
 the bureau has not been aware ol
 these practices, but, owing to the pre-
 carious future of the industry lnclden
 tai to conditions peculiar to develop
 ment of the herring packing industry
 in the Territory, it had not taken cor
 rective steps, believing they would
 hamper and might be fatal to it's es tablishment. The bureau, he added
 had been reluctant to impose any or stacles to development in the earl stages of it's establishment. It has 2 he added, pretty definite plans Il mind for correcting the evils of Whlc - complaints are being made. It IS es pected that these will be emboole : into regulations following the Seattl : hearing now announced.
 Urge Pack Restriction
 : Declaring that they fear an exces sive catch of salmon in Southeastern 2 Alaska waters in 1923 if plans for 1T creased operations now being mad 2 are permitted to materialize, repre : sentatives of 21 canning concerns at . meeting in Seattle last week reneWe : the request on Secretary Hoover fo a new fisheries reserve covering a 2 of the Territory now included in fol mer reserve orders. The fOllOWln = wire was sent to MT Hoover owe 7 their signatures:
 2 "At a meeting of the undersigne canners representing a majority o E the interests engaged in salmon pack 2 ing in Southeastern Alaska, it wa 5 unanimously resolved that imms diat E action should be taken for the cor servation of salmon and the regula 2 tion of fisheries by any means Whic 5 in your judgment may be necessar : at this time, covering the section o : Alaska lying east of 15 degrees wes longitude, to perpetuate the suppl 2 Of fish It was unanimously agree B by all the undersigned packers pres ept at the meeting that each woul be willing to accept an equitable aC 5 iustment of their 1923 pack pendin 3 the establishment of a reservation an an adequate allotment which will pel |. init of a proper escapement or sa
 mon to the spawning grounds. un
 less definite action is taken and pro
 per notification published immediate
 ly the run of fish will be seriously de
 pleted in 1923 as preparations are nov
 being made for a materially increases
 mack and a consequent excessive catcl 1 of e;cb