pas
ft
Pnnr-
IP
C
OL
-
.peri,
Llollv
News
Monday.
June
11,
1951
,
FIShtRMEN
S
Ct-OP
'Continued
frcm
Page
29
1
the
beaches
before
thev
hnri
tn
f
If
y
:s!:
A
return
for
supplies.
The
pack-
j
"
ers
serviced
the
boats
while
tak-1
Ihg
aboard
the
fishermen's
,urther
expansion?
To
answer
catches.
;
this,
a
new
cold
storage
plant
Meanwhile,
another
"co-op"
erected,
including
a
freezer,
started,
the
North
Island
Troil-
with
srage
capacity
of
4.000,-ers
Co-operative
Association
on
000
Pounds
and
freezing
rate
of
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Man'v
i
120,000
pounds
in
24
hours.
Fol-
Made
to
Print?
Rupert
and
greater
J
ing
m
alwav
"',
industrial
p-itentiallttes
realized
'in
th,
er
"
ya"
there
is
still
no
doubt
that
fish-'
a
backbone
'
'
Fisheries
and
the
Co-op
storage
i
plant
combine
to
.give
another
i
10.000,000
pounds
storage
capa-!
city,
each
with
more
than
100,000
daily
freezing
capacity.
i
Tuna
fish
is
relatively
new
for
IfJsheimen
in
Prince
Rupert
but
several
made
good
catches
last
y
Thousands
of
orkers
Welcome
t0
prince
uf
Its
members
were
Prince
Ru-
i
l'ing
this,
an
Ice-making
plant
pert
fishermen
who
headquar-
i
was
installed,
capable
of
pro-tered
on
the
Island
during
the
cluclnS
S3
tons
of
lce
a
day
&n:i
fishing
season
in
order
to
fish
storage
sPa
for
3000
tons,
the
better
grounds
outside.
This
In
1947
lne
old
llver
Plant
association
was
able
to
buy
two1'11
removed
and
replaced
with
packers
for
$10,000
each,
with
one
of
mdern
design,
including
nothing
down.
Thi
hnatJ
ra
an
up-to-date
laboratory.
Cloe
filiating
departments
in
fish-plants,
of
which
there
are
four
in
Prince
Rupert
and
two
in
the
district.
More
than
a
million
RUP
Prince
Rupert
can
indeed
be
termed
"A
Fishery
Capital
of
the
World,"
considering
that
its
2,500
producers
in
thisa
basic
industry
received
more
than
year.
Some
100.000
pounds
of
tuna
were
landed
at
local
fish
plants.
;
RESEARCH
o
dollars
worth
of
fillets
wore
pvim
exported
1
-ten
frcm
ireni
Prince
prince
Rupert
rtuuert
last
ift.sr.
$Jb,oO(,uuO
'
last
-
year.
And
w
that
is
only
j.iv
the
begin-
itct
paid
for
within
min
n
a
few
reu.-
years.
vwr
,
u
on
tne
me
heels
utrria
ui
of
this
1.1115
last
last
ma
major
ui
n-
.
In
1939
uoj,
exPanslon
Project
came
fil-
lling-.
'
Millions
The
Fisheries
Research
board
of
Canada
has
hwn
urti
f,,r
both
uuui
associations
usAucuiioiis
,
!
"
a
a
niiiji.
jLiiiiviis
more
more
will
will
have
nave
been
oeen
realized
realized
wfien
vheVyMr-
Fillets
are
n,c
'eiRnpti
Bura
and
ana
amalgamated
H
.to
tn
fnrm
form,
under
r,Hnr
letine
leting
plant
plant
and
and
an
an
automatic
automatic
..
..
.
,
,
,
.
,
.
,
.
1,1
,
.
,
nacltamrt
packaged,
u-rnnnert
wrapped
and
una
ihn
then
another
charter,
today's
Prince
smokehouse,
for
marketing
of
lre
pi
OCIUCts
nave
oeen
marketed.
The
mdustl
y
,
quick-frozen.
Then
they
are
kept
Rupert
Fishermen's
Co-nnera-
curcd
products.
'
rrpntp?
creates
t
thousands
hmiswinrla
nf
of
jobs
inrw
aud
ui-irl
a
a
liim
huge
,.tl
.
I
in
in
cold
cold
stotaee
storage
and
and
shinned
shipped
as
as
01,,
)flc
mlmi
Dan's
Service
Stats-
pay-roll
several
years
in
Northern
B.C.
waters,
and
at
present
there
are
,
four
projects
in
operation
two
:
dealing
with
sockeye
salmon,
one
:
with
crab
situation
and
a
fourth
an
investigation
including
tagging
and
checking
of
flatfish.
While
new
industry
is
coming
tlve
Association.
I
With
lo
iisii
camps
operating
INTO
LIVEH
BUSINESS
iand
four
Packers,
the
PRFCA
In
1941,
halibut
fishermen
nolcis
to
date
an
investment
of
were
suddenly
faced
with
a
de-
51-200.000.
all
of
which
was
Mispressing
porblem.
Up
until
thn
ed
through
bonds,
purchased
ex-only
the
salmon
trailers
h:.ri
clusively
by
members
them-
Fourth
and
McBride
hnncj
Rupert
has
been
known
in
the
past
more
as
a
halibut
Ltd.;
North
Pacific
Cannerv,
by
fishing
centre
than
for
any
other
A
B.C.
Packing
Co.
Ltd.;
Btite-kind
of
fishing.
Actually,
there
is
dale
Cannery,
by
Canadian
Fish-more
money
made
in
salmon
ing
Companyf
Klvmtu
and
In-
fishincr
nnH
it.
pnns:
it
ntpc
a
crrp'it-
vpi-noo
r,nnnjir,
u..
t
tt
rw
.
u
PRINCE
RUPERT
I
demajuled.
Several
companies
also
operate
jmi
ke-hoiises
where
fillets
6f
all
;
typ?
of
fish,
including
cod
and
:
salmon
are
smoked.
Alaska
Black
Cod
is
a
delicacy
which
is
renowned
across
the
continent
and
much
of
the
supply
comes
from
Prince
Rupert.
SHEILFISH
united
but
when
fi.sh-livpj-
nricw:
selves.
0
.
v..
w.
H
D.
'
-,0
ciiiiT-i
uv
a.
Xl
.
1(1(
U
suddenly
,
slumped
alarmingly
from
50
cents
to
30
cents
a
pound,
a
committee
of
the
Deep
Sea
Fishermen's
Union
and
World-wide
recognition
has
er
payroll
in
production.
;
and
Sons,
Ltd.;
Namu
Cannery,
come
to
the
far-reaching
efforts
Ten
canneries
in
the
Prince
by
B.C.
Packers
and
Goose
Bay
of
a
handful
of
fishermen
who
Rupert
area
canned
something
Cannery
by
Canadian
Fishing
saw
a
means
of
their
succor
Jy-
like
834.900
cases
of
all
types
of
Company.
ing
in
co-operation.
In
his
re-
salmon
last
year.
All
told,1
Licenses
granted
to
salmon
Canadian
Halibut
Vessel
Own
Shellfish,
crabs
and
shrimp.
cent
book
on
the
co-ooerative
90
000.000
oounrts
of
snimnn
fish
ers'
Association
annrnarhed
the
-.
-
-
T-.t
-
ii
finite
XUjJril
'
f'KUL.ir,,
movement
in
Canada.
Andrea
caueht
which
nett.ert
fuhprmpn
vpup
nnmhA
o
-ma
.,.ut..
hnt
it
i
J
-
-
--t"
,
v..
"..uu-.,
1,1
which
.,1-,
u.i
t.
s
,
,
,
-
rKf
wA
to
process
and
markeL
their
fresh
fish
livers.
On
condition
that
the
halibut
nruue.g.
imernauonai
cnamoer
5if.ow.0oo.
375
wire
trollers.
1.725
gillnetters.
fishing
will
be
greatly
extended
c,
,
...
...
viaung
in
huisc
r
iritis
ana
nine
urau
Sweden,
devotes
a
who;e
chan-
district
No
2
nf
hinh
Prin'5Pinpre
iisnermen
Became
members
of
the
Co-op,
a
liver
plant
wis
ter
to
the
history
and
exDansion
Rnnprt.
ic
tha
..."
erected.
Membership
in
the
associatijn
was
increasing
steadiiv
and
it
in
tne
near
iuture.
At
least
one
company
in
Frirtce
Bnyy.-rt
Is
arranging
for
crab
and
shrimp
nacking.
Millrrd
CanHery
and
Queen
Charlotte
tanner
Ltd..
see
in
this
industry
a
bright
future.
Three
herring
reductfori
plants
operated
last
year
making
fer-tiliwr.
and
a
new
$250
000
plant
from
was
thought
its
own
marketing
DPtnsr
hu
hnnir
at
Kinto
v
tu.
T
j
.
-
"J"--
ep
ou
ooo
at
the
five'.v
halibut
avenues
should
be
explored.
To-
gether
with
the
rest
of
the
co-
touver
Island,
recemlv
reoorted
hv
Caviar
"pT.
."
""".Jj
exch.an
whM"e
the
fish
are
operatives
of
fishermen
in
the
over
the
Canadian
Broadcasti-.i?
...
v...pdu.v
auctioned
wcrl
day.
UniteH
province,
the
Fishermen's
-'
-
Co-
Corporation
'
on
his
v.sit
to
the
liiv
nrnrln-t"
uiuuu'jl
01
f
tv,
rn
I
o
'nn
tm
ih
a
f'!,.,,
halTbut
vessels
landed
.
n
.
.
u.
,
.
operative
Federation
was
form-d
Co-op
in
Prince
Rupert
Prince
Runert
ri,ht"
pounds
of
halibut
in
j
''
'"siaiiea
at
Prince
Ru
in
1944
which
employed
agencio.s
-Throuehnnt
tant.-,
rlmW;
Credit
irninnP'.Lu
.l!."S
tllnpp
R'rt.
American
and
Pertb"
B
C'
Pa(''rs
for
reducing
Eiinns
Co.
J!ll
n
Chicago
and
New
York
to
"red.
vessels
fish
on
-the
'
01
'
the
fishermen
and
farmers
are
crmen
with
facilities
o
,artB(hart
he"lnf
.
iok
u,v
and
.sustain
new
ma
-
tending
more
and
more
to
banking
and
loans
The
"f
k
t'
i
8Trl"nd',
oVlding
they
are
,
An
important
by-product
of
k"..
,
handle
their
own
affairs
throU,h
frefiit
union
iTrXjinSa
yQM
Ule
ih
"mit
of
f
h
a"?Vn,fl.
M
U
I
his,
however
-
mean
l
an
en-
toant-
Americans
will
fh'1
vi
amln-A
oil
indu.stry,
w'hirh
sueh
co-operative
bodies
and
to
it
lays
claim
for
the
lar-e
per-
e.
sell
."""r
V
aW"uat"
"
me
i;sa-
my
mind
this
represent
a
hr
centage
of
Prince
Ruuer'
fhher-;
"
c"tr"
al
f'ince
Rup-rit
"-."
n
w
uie
lnecime
or
'"S
industry
as
far
ns
the
Co-ou
vurer
nri
mA
mm,
n
,,t-
.u't.
w
'
'
.
unrall
if
thev
Pet
iuti
hAii,
fishermen
and
has
owned
new
rnnrerneri
r.
mo.r..
,k
,
-.s
ooau
ana
price
,u
the
-
--
"
fi"l1
fiFH
in
in
thio
this
aia.
D':
Prince
"
'
"
Rnm-vt.
on
ejichange.
HrVrrf"erd-
-fV
m,Lani
thui;
tee
ot
feedom
and
pro.speritv
homes.
Twice
in
succession
this
large
storage
facilities
had
tn
h-
.f..,
Fishermen's
.":"""""
C-:-op'rative
--"ij-.-iuuvp
Asso-
Muc-
But.
besides
oxides
salmon
salmon
and
and
hali-
hali-
maintained
,nrt
,H,t
cold
stoiage'plaiit
was
built
on
than
man
any
r,.
"
amount
.
"
ul
of
.
political
union
i
m
ha.s
---
received
receivea
.
the
me
..
gran,1
grana
.
:
asso-coereion."
Mr.
Woodcock
ended,
achievement
award,
symbolic
of
t.
there
is
much
activity
in
has
bepn
"Derating
a
liver
MAIN
PRINCIPLES
outstanding
accomplishment
in
'
other
types
of
fishing
Th
lars-'
reductIon
Plat
for
several
years.
Main
Main
nrin-in!p
prinjiples
followed
fnllnrf
i,
bv
the
the
nrnvin.
province.
,
est
edt
catch
ot,.h
'
of
'
herrine
""""Bver
r
ver
record
recoro-
1
.
.
i
;
recentlV
modernizing
-
iis
equip.
int.
ouuimls
or
rnnse
Rupert,
using
lake
ice
irom
r.,r:..
m.
',-iV,.T'
V.
.:".'
....
R.pn.
Pioneer
Packers
of
Canada
Biiti-h
columbii
UI
"-lermtn
came
:n
laiu
ana
to-
i
was
iaKen
trcm
No.
2
district
"",
''"'.,
'""
n.K.-1-nrane
arf:
clay
lts
assts
al
$1,000,000.
i
test
year-120.00e
tons,
Zf1"
A
011
ls
Proc,sspJ
r
netting
to
After
0
the
Second
WoHh
w-,
rt
,.
them
ma'keu
tn;
1-ne
"T""'
0ne
vote'
re"
1
Throughotit
the
course
of
its
the
fishermen
$3,250,000.
,
each
year
even
wider
nh'l
were
ougiit
gardleas
of
shares
held.
Fnnce
RuPp''
snw
Its
first
and
,
-hr
n
(u:e
and
fall,
the
co-operative
Almost
year-round
fishinu
is
t
eo!d
?
COIU
STURJOE
k!0
"
'""'M"I
W
a
ten,,
that
"rkig
toJShTb
M
Z
te
MS'"!'
d
Sior,e
Company.
Tta
hse
financed
entirely
by
members
r,f
a,
t
o
i,
three"
solution
for
a
crisis."
according
boats
engaged
g
in
thi
tvnP
tJP6
nt
,
Pllnfls
and
having
a
daily
the
PRFCA.
WoTa
TLTlTl
hv.
"-a.
man!
,
fishing,
'SJl'L.
Prince
Rupert
Branch
Head
Office:
Calgary,
Alia
'
-
"sn
j.
uie
rnrta.
Flat-fish
havp
lnlrn,h,
.rcuis
uas
oeen
'
sn
nave
introduced
the
u
nil.
,
,i
,
..
operated
bv
n
r
Pt.,,
,,
New
Era
of
Industry
in
BDdlUStS"
rince
KioiDer
Good
for
the
Countn
M
IS
GREETED
BY
Producers
and
Suppliers
of
PRINCE
RUPERT
c
EDIT
UNIONS
ARE
GOOD
FOR
YOU
SAVINGS
INSURED
LOANS
INSURED
NOT
FOR
PROFIT
NOT
FOR
CHARITY
BUT
FOR
SERVICE
FRESH
-
SMOKED
-
SALTED
FISH
Holders
of.
1948
and
1949
Provincial
Achievement
Award
Membership
Savings
$1,250,000
Cheque
Writing
Service
in
mm
iru
EST.
1908
PRINCE
RUPERT
Our
Speciadies
KUHcKT
ririirrMirn'
utiiAll
prince
NoncKvltN
b
LKtUM
UNlun
FOR
THE
FISHERMEN
SMOKED
'ALASKA
BLACK
COD"
SMOKED
SALMON
'HADDIE-CURED'
COD
FILLETS
KAIEN
CONSUMERS'
CREDIT
UNION
FOR
THE
REST
OF
THE
COMMUNITY
Affiliated
with
B.C.
CREDIT
UNION
LEAGUE
and
CREDIT
UNION
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION