The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-07-31
Fishing Methods Japan U. s. Are COntraSted

Thrre methods of fi.uns gre - Iloyed. states the Ketchiban Chrsu- t.le. in the Japanese fishing indus try. according to seiii Konda pro. lessor in Japanese fisheries scheo whe left Ketchikau Saturday nom. ing for Prince Rupert after making study of the Alaskan situation as far north as Bristol bay
 There is slight similarity between the industry in Alaska and iu Jap an. Mir Konda said Virtually all of the salmon there are taken peaf the three northernmost islands of the Japanese group and off the Kamehatka peninsula. which is Russian territory. just to the north of Japan. Purse seiners are not used there-traps and gill nets being used exclusively.
 south of the Jaranese-Russiaa boundary line, gill nets only are used-and they extend for the al- most unbelievable length of three miles Late in the afternoons. the. professor explained. the boats go' out and test the temperature of the watrr. using that scientific means of determining where the fish are most likely to be- When the proper location and depth has been found 100 nets each 60 meters long. ar put out and joined together. They make a continuous net approXima- tely three miles long which is left fv. morning the boat brings in the net and takes the fish to the canner- ies.
 Trap Every Two Miles
 On the Russian side Of the line areas on shore are leased. with the majority of the sites being held by the Japanese rather than the Rus sians Extending out from the shore from each site is a lead line which may be one or two miles in length, with a trap at the end of each. The traps are approximately two Russian miles apart { Il B equivalent of less than two Amer jean miles
 The third method used by the fishermen is to have a number o"| boats serving a floating cannery They radiate out from the canneryI boat and set gill nets, and bring the fish in to the floating cannery This method is used in Russian wa ters.
 Because of the intensive manner in which the fishing is carried on some conservation is becoming nee essary, MT. Konda says. The pur pose of his present trip is to study he situation in Alaska and Cal. ada, from which he hopes to be able to make some contributions toward that end. However, the problem cannot be solved, he points out un- til there is an agreement worked out between Russia and Japan. and thus far negotiations along that line have met with little success
 Difference in Cannery Work
 Another difference between the the canneries. the professor said Here the work is handled largely by machinery but in Japan that is not the case. Long hours anaI hard work are the rule He com mented particularly on the fact that here there are many college students who work ill the cannerles during their vacations. In Japan the work is too hard for students, unused to heavy manual labor and excessively long hours, to handle.
 The friendly attitude of Alaskans has impressed MT. Konda Every where throughout the erritory he hsa met with a degree of. co-coper ation he had not anticipated. TT 2 beautiful scenery and vast distan- ces in Alaska seem to have given Alaskans a different outlook" he said "They are more helpful than one would expect; the country in which they live must in some way )e responsible.