Mon Sept. 18, 1963 Page S-A
Herld ft Newt Klamath Falls
Fishermen
Will Fight
For Rights
KODIAK, Alaska (UPI) -!
American fishermen say they are
' fed up with harassment by for
eign fishermen particularly the
Russians and are ready to fight
if necessary to protect their fish
ing gear and traditional crab
grounds. ,
The Russian fishermen' and
their destructive practices were
on the lips of nearly everyone in
r. this fishing community of 4,500
- during the weekend. The atmos
phere was like that of a town
under siege. A weekly newspaper,
the Kodiak Mirror, ran the ban
ner headline "pirates return."
One skipper told a United Press
International reporter, "We can't
do much when there are a dozen
' Russian boats out there at once,
but if a single one wanders in
" and starts cutting up our gear,
there's gonna be fireworks.
Several fishermen said in testi
; mony at a hearing that they were
going to take matters into their;
, own hands unless action is taken
by the government to see that
harassment by foreign fisher-
, men chiefly Russians is stop-
ped.
I During the last week of August
and the first week of September,
, American skippers based here
i lost 39 crab pots because of Rus-
sian activity.
United Press International learn
'r ed Saturday night that an addi
- tional 33 crab pots had been lost
, by fishermen based at Dutch Har
; bor in the Aleutian Islands.
', Russian fishermen used large
; net drags called otter trawls to
t fish for crabs. The nets drag
; along the bottom of the ocean,
j scooping up crab and anything
else that gets in the way. In
. eluding , American crab pots.
Testimony was given at a hear
ing called by former state House
J Majority Leader Peter M. De-
veau, Kodiak, chairman of the
; local Fish Advisory Board, and
i Oscar Dyson, Kodiak, a member
I of the Alaska Fish and Game
' Board.
, Twelve American skippers, in
' sworn statements, told Alaska
Atty. Gen. George N. Hayes that
; Russian trawlers had deliberately
I used their nets to sweep throuch
' lines of American crab pots, cut-
, ting buoy lines so the pots
; couldn't be retrieved, or damae-
ing them so badly they were use-1
, lcss-
, The Russian harassment took
: place in the waters of the Shelikofl
i Strait, a patch of international
water about 300 miles southwest!
' of Anchorage. Alaska claims the
' strait as inland water since it
. divides two large parts of the
strait. . ,
Otter trawling for King crab,
, such as the Russians do, has been
outlawed among American fishcr
! men since 1956 because it is an
extremely destructive way to fish!
lor crab.
' The testimony at the hearing
I was recorded and will be sent to
' Washington for consideration by
; Congress.
American fishermen want king
. crab declared creatures of the
' continental shelf and under U.S.
J protection.
AFL-CIO Opens
Annual Meeting
i EUGENE (UPI) - Taxes tnd
' workmen's compensation benefits
' were two of the principal items
; on the agenda when the Oregon
AKL-CIO opened its annual con
1 vention here today.
i ' A move was expected favoring
an initiative measure increasing
workmen's compensation benefits
i on the November, 1964, election
ballot. An amendment to ban pri
' vale insurance firms from, partici
. pating in the program also was
under consideration.
i The 1963 legislature's tax pro-
gram and the Oct. 15 refeiendum
. also were certain to come up for
' discussion. Some labor leaders
', have said they do not like the
tax program, but are afraid a
special session would result in a
: worse bill.
A resolution that would move
the AKL-CIO state headquarters
I (rom Portland to Salem also has
been prepared for introduction.
The convention runs through
I Friday.
SECRET TALKS HELD
" LONDON (UPI' Communist
China has held secret talks with
a British aviation firm with a
: view to buying 10 of Britain's lat
I est and fastest jet airliners, the
Daily Herald said today.
I The newspaper fjid the order
would be worth (34 million.
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