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The earliest start in four years has been made this season in work preparatory to the opening of the annual fishing activity. Work, so far, has been pretty well concentrated in getting the halibut fleet ready for action . Next month work will be started on the many vessels of the salmon fleet, good level throughout the year. Money among the fishermen just Ketchikan in practically ou of now U Hot very free, but with frozen halibut and there is sad to prospects for high prices for hali- be tittle left at Prince RuWt. but aid probby for salmon, the At the opening of Hie present clore i Vancouver Island and was winter coming season should be prauur- season, then- was only 10,450,240 tive of profitable fishing which pounds of dozen iiairbut on hand will, in some rneasu: e, compeii- in the Uniied SUtes, as compared sate for the pasi season or bo that with 1358.rj i: 10 pounds at the close have not been so good. All signs of the 1927 -eaaon. Much of this poird to the industry out of Prince fish has h. , n moved out during Rupert being attended with con- the winter. ..iderable prosperity this year. Jim ISacou Heturning Harry Love, head of toe Im- b. J. Bm on, head of the Bacen perial Machine Works, repo tn Fisheries, is back on this side that he ljas had ao leas than 13 again after having made a flyipg irofi4 engine jot since the first of trip" to England on account of tho the year.. Some of these amount- UneM of his mother. Jim landed fii to .complete overhaul.. Iiusi- at Si. Jbhn. New Urunswick.-pn nosa in His line ha been Jar lU-SuHday-of this week and is now Htficance ef Jaii yer, ttes. ! pojniog west . Ie jyeLs fo spend - It is probably fortunate for the' a weVla Vancouver on buJneB halibut industry that the influ- and ahdhtd be back toward the enza epidemic, now on the decline en J of next week, struck the northwest at the close i qf the fishing season, observes the i , . , .. n Pacific Fisherman . If it had come lM Mctlakatla on earlier, when the vessels were Indian gi-nt W. E. Collinson at sea most' of the time, the con-1 made a trip on Thursday aboard sequences might have been seri-j Prince Rupert Salvage & Towing the'Co.'s harbor boat June to Metlak-Vessel qus. As it is, a good many of owners, skippers and flsh-j atla to hold the annual election of ermen have been laid up at vnri- the native council there. OU8 times during the past month, ! but. beinir in trL thev were able ' On Tuesday the halibut boat to get proper attention and the 'Row Sft left the floats of the comforts of home, and no fatali-' Prince Itupert Salvage & Towing ties have been reported. By the Co., where hhe had been moored several weeks while undergoing a time the new season opens the epidemic will, no doubt be welli rlis.Jtns.ive program of re- oyer, .buUfynjj ;hjc.h,ipeluied the installation of a new stern'. The nnrnihv on Rnnka UrT.aW'boat Ub Ts HOW lUUp After having spent the holiday M tb 'airtie plak while bertalnl season at Seattle, the schooner ! aiterawoira are oeing mautt ooin Dorothy, Capt. Ole Hvatum. nn- lhe Rom Spit and the OsloTelong djr charter to the International i to Cap. '.Axei Olsen. c; Ue halibut groands engaged in1 Dr. T.Jngvaldsen, after paving (.March work. Norman L. Free-,' P;ltient tile l rine ttu man, local representative of the Tt General Hospital for everal commission, is one of the cien-j e auffering with & severe at- Ista working on the vessel. The : tack of Irifluenia and cotnplicaj n resent trip will he devoted large-! Hons, Wfce affficieatly recovered for! to retard to hie duUee on the 'y to be use ot fBillc neta kfk.rino h.Khn! oinrs in nrilpr t n 1 BeleMtlf ! C tff Of the PHnCe Rup- check up on the drift of egg and!' Fishariea ExperimeuUl Str larvae. Gbservations will be, on Wis -wee. taken of the direction and velocity currents by which the eggs and Hrvae are carried, and, if pos The Wrteht & Hlnton rbwer cruiser Ethelda has been on the iflWe. some tagging will be done ward wuya during the past weeK If determine the travel of the' having her tan saau arawn in adnUflsh. Later in the season it connection with the Installation h planned to give more attention ' of reduction gear on the engine. i.,;n. nH rneinl studieH and A proTeller twice the site of the it is hoped the expedition will beiold one has been put on the ves-oMp to eet into the Berinir Sea toi i which will now be better abje make observations as to rate of - - more efeetively cope with con- S owth. racial characteristics, etc. i tione at sea which she may id the halib4 in those waters. be called upon. to encounter. According to? gossip around Se- Rupert" jSarine liro3ueta jer-; e, one o thAAmeciean naimui , vice ooat isi mp ""v ,t ori, vjjfe aotiS hla vessel the ward was during the week spring, has been developing lor instuJMUflfl M a new xaui fplans for a super-halibut schooner fhaft- j i. - j of ultra-modern type, iaeas iqr . wjiich seem to have been borrowed FOT vmtrtxrrmn, the naituut .om recent developments in the boat Mayflower, Oapt. .ueorge I&iilfoffiia itfn fleet as well as in Cook, has been on the wtrtl ways Mber fisheries. The idna is to undergoing fCneral hull overbuild An all-steel vessel of somehaul and Sfcamplete painting up. thing like 120 feet in lenfrth with 't 1 " a.dlesel engine of about 360 horse The notoriously vociferous power and designed to' travel at speedboat Spirit of Bronchitis; somewhere between 15 nnd 20 built last Tiar by Doug Stork knots. It is proposed to have and now owned by Eddie Hudson, large fully-Insulated fish holds after having bee stored for the with refrigerating machinery of winter, was produced again on ample capacity and to d ive all Thursday afternoon and perfor-pumps, deck machinery, etc., by med in fine style on the harbor, electricity. Such a boat might be The Johnson outboard motor was UFed all the year around through functioning, perfectly. going south to fish tuna while the ; Bird bcaon Closes halibut season ir closed. Cost of - construction of such a veaael! This will hi the final week-end would make the venture somewhat for the geese and duck nlmrods of a gamble. to do their stuff, as the season officially closes on January 31. The well known American hall- Though there hae been a falling but schooner lladlo, Capt. Gus off in hunting activities of late, Angelsen, has . returned to her quite a few will, no doubt, fare , home ort at Ketcnnsajj after uav- forth to aroll Migmseivea , 0,1 tne ling spent sovanrtMks at Seat- final opiorUal-V dAmigun-WSndergoInf irBitete over- ning. wPM'T'--liaul. , Ijtut week-enC hfaptlng parties ! included tha $Ith Jack Lindsay With frozen stocks low, it is be- on the Irefi h whose members ing generally predicted that hali- brought foftfle n few ducks from but prices during the coming ten- the viriniljt, of Metlakatja Bar. son will be high at the opening and I)v-tuart and Doc Cade and will prbabiy remain at a, who went to Delusion Bay on the Tseekwa and got a few packers. oc George Bryant and Joel Pillsbury Doc Clapperton is expected to made a brief trip on the Harla return to port tomorrow after Thursday afternoon. most of the 1928 season salmon ipackfng on the' West Coast of ed at Vancouver. With the first appearance of the run In Port Simpson Harbor on Wednesday morning of this week, herring seining is rapidly getting into swing. An earlier harvest la being taken this year than usual and certain of the aalta Attribute the condition of things to the exceptionally mild state ol thjp wantber this wiser. In any (age, the run is now on and adjutage is already being taken of it. Capt. Ole Skog with the Asur-ite was the first local seiner to .ake herrlnf this season when he mught 200 tens on Wednesday .iteming. He is continuing seining and the Canadian Fisli & Jold Storage Co. has assigned .he packers W. II. Lord and Grier 'iarrett to bring the fish to the ilant for storage as halibut bait. Last night the Gammon & Watt in.boat Zenardl, under personal ammand of Capt. Gammon, left or Port Simpson to start filling operations. This vessel will 'ih for the Rupert Marine Predicts Ltd. which is reopening its eduction plant at Tucks Inlet to run herring. It. M. P. boats -will, engage in packing the fish a. ntf Clttfi .;t thi fi:t;t ihi- week. ilia many friieuU, wen glai! t see him back. Some indignation in reported tu have been expressed at l'rince Rupert at the decision of the provincial government to enforce collection of storage fe on nets placed in the loft ol in; liock dur ing the Winter tor !:ti -k'-eptlig. The charge w.is formerly imOH- itd but. durinj' recent yirn, it has been allowed to ,! ; and, of course, its r sumption does Hot prove popular. Wii.-iEfiiftgr George Smith stated thattMir OB explicit iiijrtttiejtlou from Victoria D. (1 headquarters bat collections are being ivsunad. He denied that nets have leea withheld from ,ay-4HN -until the fee had beej paid. No svuh occasion lias yet arisen. FisUerjnen are now busy in the wlurf loft rigging up the gear in preparation for the coming euson. Seattle Halibut Fleet February 5 is the date select call at Prince the herring wbih b , The old Ketch ikiyi noon to resume his duties at the , . ... Government Wharf after a fort- which would miti ri. ,,, .. , , . , . 1 HiKniB " teno to ' prevent th, Fine weather of late has been ft4M1Piri, If it had un aumrner, ! 7' ;.. ,..,.. attrUrig a' few launch parties Doc wouId n0 doubt, bean for shipment '! mtjiMo vu ..v muiiu t'R winter, it does not naceHsarny Saturday aiternoon. follow that he is as white as a formed circle, it that anytning w. -r jsBowflk or iwlar t;ar. A itt' j 0wuers ()f Seatt thV (rew of the local halibut tm&&&.21!m-W w" Uoat Zapora have arrived from uaUlSi.l YV Vancouver and are busy at the jnWBt W lh tiffl(.,h,Uiriia home, dry dock riggipg gear. Capt. -. Lars Voge is due here this week- After a two weeks' bout with end from the south with his ves- tke flu, part of which time, hu s which will engage in halibut j spent in hospital, tfhi f 'ihooi.on lUhlng upon the opening ol the uVas able to restaur hi:; duties at tels are certain.;, such a' move whi h their diaadvanta,". a delegate to V;i; i, formally express ion. There will nt t, new $cutt many season. Making only two tripsin priiwt- ituperl Viwht & How-! omittK north th last year, the Zapora spent the Jr. Nicl.1 r.syn r, i .. U could ee, tm i h en nvire than '.v '.t'uth built there it timber, however. 1 Crgotng ittraii-onstructirui ani ' homa, ('apt. U hich ir experti 1 1 i rt week in I- tu the ground. 1; Ulas-ltTiperTnl .ij. t 'lied in phiee f i-tun'iir(l jr-ruijar .aitaratinn i Fishing Open! We have good in ed by moat of the veaaels of the I . ... Soon UK PUHPAItEI) AN f) I! 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