The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-23

That the Dominion government has already launched a thorough research program on tuna fishing while the U. S. government has not as yet started preliminary investi- gations was brought out at the ses- sion of the Associated Boards ci Trade of Central British Columbia this morning.
 The Ketchikan Chamber of Con- merce, an affiliate of the Associa- ton, presented a resolution request ing the inauguration of govern ment research program in tuna, which was caught commercially for the first time in both Canadian and American waters this summer.
 Tie port of Prince Rupert re- ceived 100000 pounds while Ketchi- kan received 350,000 pounds.
 The Ketchikan resolution request ed that both governments investi- gate the area to discover the habits of tuna and whether their discov- cry in northern waters was freak occurrence or could be expected again.
 On behalf of the Dominion gov ernment, H. w. Brighton of the Department of Trade and Industry, announced that two of the largest fishery patrol boats had been on the scene during the entire fish ing and that each vessel carried biologists from the Fisheries Re- search Station at Nanaimo. He said that it was his belief that the De- partment of Fisheries was planning to continue and enlarge the pro- gram, that tuna sold for $550 ton this year and that the price would be one of the tig factors in keeping the research program going. He said that he went on one trip of the Laurier, biggest Fisheries p tr o l boat, and that the velocity of the wind never dropped below 35 miles and hour, and that the tuna fisher men earned their money.
 V. R. Milligan of the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce, suggested that the two governments cooper ate on joint research operation.
 Concerning the Ketchikan resolu- tion, the consensus of the Canadian delegates was that it should be. re- vised to commend the Dominion government for the work they have done to date and to request that the program be continued. It was voted to return the resolution to commit tee for revision. The revised resolu- tion was on the calendar for the afternoon session.
 AtIin Road
 A resolution was passed requesting that the Dominion, in conjunction with the Provincial government, build road connecting the town of Atlin to the Alaska Highway at a point three miles east of White horse.
 The resolution stated that the proposed route was surveyed in 1946 but nothing further had been done The road would be 70 miles in length, 35 miles within British Columbia and 35 miles within Yu- kon Territory.
 Ted Applewaithe of Prince Rupert spoke in favor of the road and said he knew of a m ming company which was ready to spend millions of dollars in the Atlin region if the road were completed. Without a road, the only way to get heavy mining equipment into the region is to bring it in over the ice in the winter or via Atlin Lake in the summer, neither method being too satisfactory. All gold mines in the area have been shut down since the beginning of World War IT.
 Other resolutions passed at this mornings session included Van derhoof resolution that the Domin- ion government consider the peril ous situation the gold mining in- dustry is now in due to high oper- ating costs and the possibility of setting up free market for gold be considered that the College of Dental Surgeons of British Colum- hia orant an unconditional licepSe to practice to any licensed British dentists who wish to practice, for five years in an area which is now without dental service; and that the policy of the Dominion govern ment to make grants for mining roads be resumed.
 A motion was approved authoriZ-