The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-04

already been taken to extend some measure. of relief to sofrle of the local fishermen The troll ing season, usually ending on Aug ust g, and so ordered for this year, will be extended to the end of the year.
 Th's will permit Alaska trollers to fish all Fall and Winter. While prices are lower than for several years, at the same time the trol- lers are making fair money in at least some of the districts. At Pillar Bay, during recent trip of ,'spectionj the Comn1issioner said ht was told by Carl Sutter, President of the Fidalgo Island Packing Company, that seine fish, ermen who had worked for him during past years are trolling this season Most of them have he'd excellent success and had fair paydays 8sps s ! - Territory to Profit
 l Wnh a red salmon pack already aggregating 1926,000 cases, the l Commissioner predicted that the fred fish industry would be a prof. itable one for Alaska this season. Il The Territory, he declared, would \ receive more in taxes than all the 1 profit that would accrue to the red \ salmon packers. sx. ec e-2
 II The condition of the red salmon fisheries was described as unusu- ally gratifying The, record pack in Bristol Bay, on the Alaska Peninsula and at Chgnik was not made at the expense of the future welfare of the fisheries. On. the south side of Bristol Bay alone more than 100000 fish were counted throughathe weirs on the way to. the spawning beds. More than 100000 escaped to seed the grounds in the lakes at the head of Chignik. fas Karluk had a gratifying red sal- mon eseapement and a restored run for pinks. Every so often, the Commissioner said, the pink run there attained such proportions that the canrleries were unable to handle the volume of fish Con- sequently too many escape into the stream and the run destroys 1 itself.
 Appreciates Herffng Position
 Commissioner O'Malley express ed his appreciation. of the Cham Iber's attitude toward the South east Alaska herring industry and its opposition last winter to leg islation designed to wipe out the herring reduction plants. He de- clared the Chambers stand was sane and sound.
 q have felt and still feel that as long as there are plenty of fish it makes no difference if man eats his fish directly or gets it indirectly He cited the various products turned by by the reduc- ton plants and the uses of each such as stock food, poultry food soaps and edible fats, with a small proportion of any in use as fertil- izer. a.t 5aa ia IT
 q took .the stand, and will con tinue to take it, it is none of my business how you eat your fish, as long as there are plenty of fish When a shortage is shown, he added, then regulations to limit Ither use of the fish involved would be promptly issued and enforced
 Yes Bay Operations
 | The Commissioner predicted a gradual upbuilding of the red fish runs in the southern end of the Division due to the operations ot the Yes Bay hatchery. T have long been convinced, in our prop agat;on activities, young salmon shouli not be released until they have attained sufficient size te protect themselves from their na- tural enemies. The work at Yes Bay has beea conducted on this theory" M '. Recently he visited there ane saw l5,000,Oo0 young reds "tht finegt lot of fish l ever saw I They have been fed at the hat. chery with practically no cost te the Government Raw food wa
 obtained from the iron chink
 of nearby canneries. The food wa
 handled and frozen by the New
 England Fisheries at it's Ketchi' kan cold storage without charge. : "Tc release. of these fish ough' g to insure a gradual increase D } the led run in the Southern epe : of the District" he said. t l New Industry Here
 l The Commissioner closed in l humorous vein with an alhision tt . the sport of salmon stripping ? (which has depleted the ranks Q r local trout fishermen in the pas P two years. T have discovered { { new industry has been developed
 in this vicinity by doctors. Aw
 yers, merchants and others. whei
 the time comes that it threaten
 to put your cold storage out 9
 business and fnenaces the pfesen ! fresh fish industry. I expect ' receive petitions to put som.
 stringent restrictions on this forn