Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-02
.ANT|-ADM|N|sTRAT|ON FISH BILL PRESENTED ' BY ALASKA DELEGATE AIaska's Congress ional Representa- tive Continues Fight Against
 Secretary Hoover
PROVIDES FOR A COMMISSION
No Exclusive Rights to Be Given and Corporation or Cannery-
 May Abate Traps

The fisheries bill passed by the 1928 Alaska Legislature, known as the Grant Fish Bill, which Congress was memorialized to enact, was intro .duced i'll the House of Representatives last month as House Bill No. 752, cop ies of which have been received by The Gateway. It provides for the administration of the industry by an Alaska Fish Commission, appointed by the Governor of the Territory, with the approval of the Territorial Senate, and for employment by the Commission of a director of fisheries, chief warden, hatchery superinten- dent and other employees.
 The measure was introduced as a part of a concurrent resolution last spring in the House by D. G. Grant, of Wrangell, and in the Senate by Charles Brown of Nome. At that time it was generally understood that Delegate Sutherland had caused the introduction of the resolution and he was in constant attendance at con- mittee hearings when it was being considered supporting and advocating it's massage. It passed the House on April 27 and the Senate on May l.
 Rejected by Hoover
 Some of the main provisions of the bill sections seven and eight, almed at trap fishing and zoning are vlrtu- ally identical with those rejected by the National administration at the last session of congress when 1t dls- approved the famous White Fish Bill and over which the bitter row against the Bureau of Fisheries and the Bu- reau of Commerce was started by the Delegate. These provisions were em- phatically disapproved by both Sec retarv Hoover and Fish Commissioner Henry O'Malley, who were understood to have the support of the President
 The attitude of the Administration led to charges by the Delegate that the Department of Commerce was giving away Alaskan fisheries to the Packers Trust which MT. Sutherland alleged was dictating the terms, con- ditions and zoning in the Bureaus administrative regulations of the Alaska fishing reserves created by executive orders proclaimed by then President Harding.
 Duties of Commission
 The proposed Alaska Fish Com mission would consist of three mem bers appointed by the Governor and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The first commissioners shall be appointed for two, three, and four years respectively, and thereafter one Commissioner shall be appointed each year for four year term. Commis- sioners shall receive salary of $120O per year and necessary travelling and subsistence expenses when away from home. The Commission is given com plete control over the fisheries with large discretionary powers as to linn iting the catch, closing sections of the waters from fishing, establishing a closed season, etc.
 A Director of Fisheries is created as secretary and executive officer of the commission, devoting his entire time to the business and receiving sal ary of 5000 year. The Director of Fisheries is given power to appoint a Chief Warden and Chief Super intendent of Hatcheries with the ap- proval of the Commission, each at a s.l,a1y of $3,000 year. He shall also name assistants to each of these and en1llcy other assistan ,e as the C,m- m.:. ion may authorize.
 No Exclusive Rights Permitted
 In stIition to providing that nc trap, { ca or floating, wire or pound net shall be constructed in any bay 'aiet ol estuary, the width of which is three miles or less at it's entrance or within enc mile of the ert"ance of "ny bay, inlet, estuary or channel that IS two miles or more in width, the law would provide that ''no ex- elusive or several right of fishery shall he recognized or granted in the Territorial waters of Alaska"
 May Abate Traps
 The law provides that where fish ing shall be closed it must be closed against everybody and that where fishing IS permitted it shall be open tc every citizen of the United States, that it shall be the duty of the Com mission tc remove or abate any fix ed or portable fishing appliance which in it's use may operate as an exclusive right within the area of