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NORTIIEItN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
rxxVI
No.
62.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MARCH
15,
1937
TRICK:
S
iLBERTA
v-
BUDGE1
Erporation
Taxes
Incrcascd-How
Kcvcnucs
vncrcascu
l,.hbc
Deficit
Anticipated
Party
Revolt
.
t
i
rmbers
of
Legislature
iu
Try
Douglas
Plan
Auernan
To
Carry
On
EDMONTON,
March
15:
(CP)
creased
corporation
taxes
and
htened
regulations
governing
ie
two
percent
sales
tax
featured
ie
Alberta
budget
which
was
pre-nted
at
the
week-end
to
the
Bislaiure
by
Provincial
Treasurer
Railway
taxes
are
increased
by
H18.157
Additional
bank
tax
of
one-tenth
one
percent
on
paid
up
capital
expected
to
yield
$150,000.
Insurance
company
tax
is
raised
Dm
two
to
three
percent
on
pre-
Bura
collections,
the
expectation
Eing
that
this
will
yield
$80,000.
rax
rate
on
miscellaneous
com-
Inles
increased
from
40c
to
50c
r
thousand
dollars
paid
up
capl-
1
is
estimated
to
yield
$130,000.
The
five
mill
tax
on
electric
Jwer
and
oil
companies
operating
pellne-;
is
doubled
to
yield
$47,000.
and
power
companies
are
as-ssed
IGas
an
extra
$47,000.
The
exemption
list
under
the
lies
tux
is
narrowed
to
Include
To
t.y
food
lower
class
clothing
and
im
machinery.
There
is
an
estimated
Increase
of
p.OOO
In
revenue.
The
financial
statement
shows
a
1,920
surplus
without
providing
out
r
sinking
fund
and
continuation
payment
of
only
fifty
percent
in
Jo,
saidThis
department,
will
cc
berta
bonds.
A
deficit
"of
$1.227..
oiierate
with
industry
and
consul?
C
I.
.1
.
I
A
1
...11.
i
u
loumaii'a
lor
nexv
year
oy
17-ycar
old
school
teacher-
avtarlal
trnnvirpi-
may
Try
New
Plan
in
Amijorlty
of
Social
Credit
mem-
be
J
of
the
Alberta
Legislature
an-
mti
Saturday
night,
following
caucus,
that
thev
had
decided
to
move
induce
legislative
measures
'!'
ton?
the
lines
of
Major
C.
H.
'ltl
buglas
Social
Credit
plan
regard-
of
what
stand
Premier
William
ierhart
takes
on
the
matter.
I
Premier
Aberhart.
speaking
be-tre
the
Prophetic
Bible
Institute
pttrday
said
he
was
much
cn-
curaged
at
having
received
let-
from
thousands
of
supporters
r?lng
him
to
carry
on
as
Premier
Alberta,
INMl-Kd-CIIICAGO
WIIKAT
WIXNII'KG.
March
15:
(CP)
heat
iirlces
were
off
from
lci,...
,.mi
means
of
dealing
with
i
...
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tl'J
I
I
fV.
..
t
uii
uui.il
v
.
Jiuiiuf
...
ir
uuii
viir
f?SO
markets.
Mjiv
rlnslni?
at
.,"-
"ft'
In
Winnitieir
and
at
)'
i
in
r!litrinfr
f-,
,
INiSTER-
OF
TRADE
Dun
'
M
Ill
11!
Ml
Vi
I
J
"II
Work
of
Sir
Henry
(Sullett
In
Australia
ANISKIIUA
Aiwi
Mm-,.!,
ir,?
Hon,
Thnmn.'wiilt
i
mill
rr
of
.
iistoms.
charjro
of
trade
Ireaties
anJ
Mil
fn,.,.,.
i,
,
c,
i
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me
worK
oi
rn
"nry
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the
cahlnpt
nvnr
triulp
POtiaUoMM
Willi
Pnn,ln
Mrt.rrt.
"'"on
Wii
tin
roaiimiwl
uffnt
Hip
I'turn
till
""""
11011.
U,
I'
r"1"-
minister
of
tr.-ul
PHTte
for
"
Australia,
''Ot'ND
AT
mnvTiiivii.
m
LVV'iKAij.
March
.
..
.
111:
.CP.
c
n
i
'
I
"u
"iiilsh
pound
sterling
war
I
Montreal
'"'"ig
a
I
?i,88
5-1
G
on
the
exchange
market
at,
the
ACK
1'ROM
JAPAN
1
KlM
rn.
in
.
tn
iu;
vieoriru
(
uiiie
irom
a
busi-trip
i.,
Japan
,:.-
Aviatrix
Ready
For
Round
the
World
Flight
OAKLAND,
Cal..
March
15
A
storm
on
the
Pacific
Ocean,
w
uch
forced
the
Pan
American
Airways
flying
boat
Hawaiian
Clipper
to
return
to
Alameda
after
naving
left
on
a
trans'rPacific
flight,
also
forced
postponeme
nt
yesterday
of
the
start
of
Mrs.
A
nella
Earhart
PutnanVs
projected-
27,000-mile
round
the
world
flight.
Mrs.
Putnam
will
not
now
start
out
across
the
Pacific
Ocean
before
tomorrow,
It
was
announced
last
night
by
"her
husband.
(Mrs.
Putnam
is
shown
In
the
picture
checking
over
part
of
the
mechanism
Inside
the
airplane
in
which
$he
intends
to
make
the
globe-circling
flight.
The
gas
tanks
on
her
ship
ia.?.h
hold
about
500.
gallons.
NEW
DEP'T
i
FORTRADE
Premier
Pattullo
Tells
of
Planj
Drum
Up
Husincs
for
IJ.C.
VANCOUVER.
March
15:
(Cl
The
Department
of
Trade
and
Commerce,
which
is
proposed
to
establish
in
this
province,
will
go
and
drum
up
business
for
British
Columbia,
Premier
Pattul-
1.
.Innqftmnnfa
nf
this
uivr
uciuiitm.i
government
so
that
the
province
make
a
well-directed
effon
what
the
Premier
predicts
will1
the
most
prosperous
aecane
ir,
History.
"British
Columbia
will
have
U
on,
me
premier
sum
ami
government
Is
going
to
mow
move
saieiy
ami
.im.-.j.
Relief
Situation
Under
Discussion
Meeting
of
Prince
Rupert
Unemployed
Association
Held
Last
Night
Tl..
.....r.iln,.
mnpHtll?
(if
thO
.
Unemployed
As
I
.,.rlnt!,.n
lust
niirht
discussed
'
i
.11.
...;.
In
h
nroupni
rt'iit!i
niiuuuuii
n
!'-''
Prince
Ruperl.
i
It
was
decided
that
a
central
committee
be
formed
of
all
co
I
operative
movements,
unions,
and
different
other
organization's
to
j
bring
pressure
to
bear
on
thei
authorities
to
end
the
relief
di.;
pule.
The
principal
issues
an:
I
clothing
allowance,
equal
relief
scale
for
orientals
ami
wnnw
and
an
increase
in
general
relief
i
allowance.
A
large
attendance
m
one
hundred
and
fifty
were
d
is-rtissinir
the
alleged
refusal
of
the
Commissioner
to
deal
with
the
situation.
Claimed
Wages
As
Employees
in
B.C.
For
Social
Credit
VANCOUVKU,
March
15:
.CP'
-John
I..
Lovseth.
whose
i
wage
aim
against
Premier
William
Aberhart
of
Alberta
wag
dismiss
eed
in
County
Court
the
weekend,
claimed
the
sum
of
$2G,,
foi
........
n
nt
inn
i
u
work
in
m
0ut
Social
fund
Pritish
Columbia
Credit
Union
of
which
ho
was
,
ecutlve
secretary.
He
claimed
tha
he
was
personal
represen
ati.
A
claim
o
Aberhart
for
Premier
Mrs.
M.
Bower
Hopkinson
fm
h
$525
In
wagesas.-ecrelnryof
dis
was
also
same
organization
missed.
Late
Telegraphs
SUPERVISORS
MEETING
LONDON
'1
tie
three
supervisor
of
the
Spanish
frontier
no-intervention
blockade
will
meet
here
today
to
atcept
volunteers
who
will
serve
in
the
border
patrol
designed
to
prevent
smuggling
of
arms,
ammunition
or-soldiers
into
the
civil
war.
TO
MEET
WALLIE
.
,
LONDON'-rTiie
Duke
of
tWjnd-s'or
is
planning
a
trip
to
France
beginning
next
week
to
meet
Mrs.
Wallis
Simpson,
advices
reaching
London
from
trustworthy
Austrian
sources
said.
The
informant
said.
thai
arrangements
were
being
made'
for
a
reunion
in
or
near
Paris
between
the
former
King
and
the
woman
for
whom
lie
gave
up
flic
throne.
,QUQTA
ON
SHINGLES
WARM
SPRINGS
President
Franklin
I).
Roosevelt
signed
an
order
here
Saturday
limiting
the
importation
of
Canadian
red
cedar
shingles
for
the
first
half
nt
1937
at
1,018,000
squares.
An
American
square
corresponds
to
about
eighty
percent
of
a
Canadian
thousand.
GUEST
OF
PRESIDENT
OTTAWA
Lord
and
Lady
Tweedsmuir
will
proceed
to
Washington
at
the
end
of
this
month
to
spend
two
days
there
at
the
White
House
as
the
guests
of
President
and
Mrs.
Franklin
I).
Roosevelt,
it
is
announced.
CANADIANS
DRAW
TICKETS
DUBLIN
Thirty-eight
tickets
held
by
Canadians
were
drawn
from
the
swirling
drums
of
chance
as
the
draw
for
the
Irish
Hospitals
Sweepstake
on
the
Irish
Hospitals
Sweepstake
started
today.
Holders
of
No.
1,
2
and
3
horses
will
get
$150,000;
$75,000
and
$50,000
respectively,
The
total
prize
money
Is
more
than
$8,-000,000.
HONOLULU
Eight
passengers
of
the
fire-swept
British
freighter
Silver
Larch
were
rescued
by
a
launch
from
U.S.S.
Louisville
Saturday
after
fire
broke
out
in
No.
3
hold
of
the
vessel
for
the
third
time.
In
convoy
of
the
Louisville,
the
freighter
'
is
due
in
Honolulu
today.-
VANCOUVER
Shee
Dick,
Chinese,
31,
and
Alfred
J,
Town-.
send,
81,
both
of
Vancouver,
were
killed
in
week-end
traffic
accidents.
Mrs.
Eleanor
Martin
and
Donald
II.
Steeves
were
both
critically
injured.
Northern
incorporations
announced
in
the
n.
C,
Gazette
include
Bulkley
Valley
Collerics
With
capitalization
of
$25,000
and
head
office
at
the
residence
of
F.
M.
Dockrill
in
Telkwa.
ANGER
IS
AROUSED
Japanese
Military
leaders
Moj
Scuttle
Cabinet
Following
Statement
of
Foreign
!
Ministeri
TOKYO,
March
13:
.CP)
De-new
claration
of
the
'Japanese
foreign
minister,
Mhotake
Sato
before
the
Diet
thatlthe
issue
of
I
war
or
peace
in
the
.Pacific
Ocea:
tt:i;?.i
iM'KsmASSRr-
rmK
.
ucj'C!liit-u
jji
una!
u.r
Ufun
uayai
c
altitude
has
aroused
the
ire
of
,r.
Army
leaders.
Unless
appease.-;
they
may
attempt'
to
scuttle
tht
cabinet,
it
is
feared.
German
Warship
I
Is
at
Halifax
Reich
Sailors
Parade
Streets
And
Place
Wreath
on
Cenotaph
For
War
Dead
j
I
HALIFAX,
March
15:
The
first
German
warship
to
visit
Halifax
s'nee
the
Great
War
is
here.
It
Is
a
training
vessel.
.
Members
of
the
crew
paraded
through
the
streets
o
the
cenotaph
where
a
wreath
was
deposited
in
honor
of
the
memory
of
Canadian
war
dead.
Thirty
Injured
In
Belgian
Riot
BRUSSELS,
March
15:
Thirty
persons
were
injured
during
rioting
on
Saturday
in
the
suburbs
of
Brussels
between
supporters
of
Premier
Paul
van
Zeeland
and
Leon
de
Grelle,
the
Fascist
leader.
Hundreds
Going
Via
Vancouver
"
"
-.
-
isoumeasi
T
PrtVrtnfJvnihour,
sea
VANCOUVER,
March.
15:
Hun-jreds
of
Australians
and
New
Zea-'.anders
as
well
as'
Britishers
living
I
In
the
Orient
are
beginning
to
nove
through
Vancouver
enroute
to
England
for
the
Coronation.
The
Empress
of.
Japan,
arriving
Saturday,
brought
a
number.
In
all
the
Empress
of
Japan
brought
In
440
passengers
from
the
j
Orient
Including
Mrs.
Quezon,
wife
of
the
President
of
the
Philllplne
i
T
-1
1
...
1
...Ml
..
!
,
I
I
..
it
I
i
L&iauus,
who
win
vioii,
in
tue
uni
ted
States,
Also
arriving
on
the
Japan
were
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
W.
Breukelman
and
family
of
Sarawak,
Borneo.
Mr.
Breukelman
and
family
will
proceed
to
Prince
Rupert
to
visit
with
Mrs,
Breukelman's
parents,
Bishop
and
Mrs.
G.
A.
Rlx.
"
BUSINESS
0FLAB0R
Various
Questions
Taken
up
At
Monthly
Meeting:
Last
Week
'
Various
matters
of
Interest
to
labor
came
up
for
discussion
at
the
meeting
last
week
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Trades
and
Labor
Council.
,
A
letter
from
Olof
Hanson,
M.P.,
being
a
reply
to
the
request
that
he
give
his
support
to
Tom
Reld's
efforts
to
do
away
with
Oriental
employment
on
Pacific
liners,
was
read.
Mr.
Hanson
wrote
that
he
not!
only
endorsed
Mr.
Reld,
but
had
seconded
his
resolution
on
the
floor
of
the
House.
Acknowledgments
were
received
from
the
Prime
Minister.
Rt.
Hon,
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King,
and
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
Minister
of
Transport,
in
connection
with
the
prot?st
asalns
low
wage
standards
for
extra
gangs
in
the
employment
of
the
railway
of
Canada.
Ilight
to
Organize
The
Trades
and
Labor
Congress
of
Canada
invited
support
in
press-1
ing
for
the
success
of
a
bill
to
be
known
as
the
Freedom
of
Trade;
Union
Association
Act.
With
this
the
meeting
entirely
concurred
'While
up
to
a
certain
oolnt.
the
organization
of
unions
is
generally
!
recognized,
the
purpose
of
the
Act
is
to
further
widen
this
privilege,
and
have
it
apply
on
a
broader
scope.
Solicitation
for
support
from
those
engaged
in
a
struggle
against
Caleary
packing
plants
and
those
affected
by
the
Burns
Co.
lockout
Vancouver
resulted
In
the
de--islon
to
give
the
smnort
asked
The
P.
Burns
Co.
U
still
on
the
unfair
list.
The
meeting
considered
the
mat-
!ter
ot
the
unemployed
strike
In
Prince
-Runert
'
ana-erlfidr&a-'Mi
attitude
of
the
men.
The
ho'Dltal
situation
was
given
a
thorough
airing.
Cold
Storage
Holidays
The
Fish
Packers
Union
delegates
announce
that
the
Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Storage
Co.
has
announced
for
the
employees
one
week's
holiday
with
pay
annually.
In
the
event
of
an
employee
not
taklni?
a
vacatidh
In
any
one
year,
the
following
year
would
be
a
fortnight.
A
communication
from
P;
Dra-oer.
president
of
the
Trades
and
Labor
Congress,
sugeested
that
the
various
councils
throughout
Canada
nre?ent
sugeested
resolutions
alone
tha
line
of
amendments
to
the
British
North
America
Act
hi
the
Interests
of
labor.
TnrJav's
W
father
iflovpriWTM'nt
Trl2ra(hl
Terrace
Cloudy,
calm.
31.
Alyansh
Cloudy,
calm,
32.
Alice
Arm
Cloudy,
calm,
35.
Anyox
Cloudy,
calm,
34.
Stewart
Cloudy,
calm,
33.
Hazelton
Fog,
calm,
35,
Smithers
Cloudy,
calm,
mild
Hums
Lake
Clear,
calm,
22.
Victoria
Clear,
east
wind,
G
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.04
;
Kstevan
Hain,
southeast
wind
j
24
miles
per
hour;
barometer
29.90.
Prince
George
Calm,
raining;
barometer,
29.74.
i
Vancouver
Calm,
cloudy,
bar
.ometer,
29.9G.
I
,
Triple
.
Island
Cloudy,
showery
wind,
10
miles
per
smoolh.
iangara
Island
Part
cloudy,
least
wind,
10
miles
per
ho'.tr;
.barometer,
29.08;
temperature
41;
sea
smooth.
Dead
Tree
Point
Cloudy,
bar
ometer,
29.84;
temperature,
4i;
'sea
smooth.
Big
Profit
Of
Noranda
Mines
Nearly
Ten
Million
Dollars
Cleared
By
Eastern
Property
Last
Year
MONTREAL,
March
15:
Nor-
CKNTH
anda
Mines
Ltd.
showed
a
net
pro-j
age,
he
was
a
tugboat
master
for
Inspectors
would
assist
the
inter-fit
of
$9,268,000
for
the
year
1936,
the
Hastings
and
Fraser
Mills,
j
national
commission
to
determine
It
Is
announced,
a
large
Increase
.
Born
In
Dalhousle,
N.Sl,
he
Is
sur-;
accurately
Just
how
many
fish
can
over
the
1935
net
profit
of
$5,900,
000.
'
Halibut
Fleet
is
Heading
Towards
Banks;
Fishing
To
Start
at
Midnight
tonight
Three
hundred
powerboats
are
poking
their
blunt
noses
through
choppy
waves
today,
heading
for
halibut
grounds
along
the
North
Pacific
Coast.
When
the
fishing
season
opens
at
midnight
tonight
they
will
be
spread
out
from
Cape
Flattery
to
Alaska,
ready
to
cast
off
fishing
gear.
Their
four
and
five-man
crews
describe
the
boats
as
the
CAPITALISM
IN
CRISIS
So
Says
George
Weaver,
C.
C.
F.
Speaker
From
Vancouver,
In
Address
Here
Saturday
Two
hundred
or
so
persons
turned
out
to
the
Moose
Hall
Saturday
night
to
hear
a
discourse
by
George
Waaver
of
Vancouver,
touring
speaker
of
the
Co-operative
Commonwealth
Federation,
on
the
jubject
of
"The
Capitalistic
Crisis."
G.
W.
Rudderham
was
In
the
chair
and
an
attentive
hearing
was
given
the
speaker
by
a
responsive
audience
which
showed
Its
apprecia
tion
by
frequent
applause.
Mr.
Weaver,
who
has
a
witty
manner
and
is
quite
at
home
on
the
platform,
spoke
for
upwards
of
an
hour
and
a
half.
After
the
main
address,
Questions
were
Invited.
VANCOUVER
BACKS
OUT
Southern
Halibut
Fleet
Not
Com
Decline
to
Join
Board
The
Vancouver
halibut
fleet,
according
to
Information
received
from
the
south
over
the
week-end,
.s
not
coming
in
under
the
provincial
Marketing
Act
with
the
Prince
Rupert
fleet
after
all.
The
Vancou
ver
fleet
has
declined
to
appoint
its
two
members
on
the
Halibut
Marketing
Board
which
has
just
been
constituted
under
the
provin
cial
act
and
to
which
Capt.
Ole
'
Stegavlg
and
Einar
Larsen
of
Prince
Rnpert
have
been
named
with
S.
D.
Macdonald
as
chairman.
In
order
to
ensure
a
quoram
at
all
times,
Capt.
Merrill
Sollows
and
George
Anderson
have
been
appointed
alternates
to
the
Prince
Rupert
members.
It
Is
intimated
that
the
Vancou
ver
fleet
Intends
to
operate
on
a
voluntary
curtailment
plan
of
Its
own
Independent
of
that
of
the
Prince
Rupert
fleet
and
along
the
lines
of
the
Seattle
plan.
Berlin
Apologizes
To
United
States
Official
Regret
Is
Expressed
To
Uncle
Sam
For
Remarks
Nazi
Press
BERLIN,
March
15:
The
Ger-j
man
foreign
minister
on
Saturday;
expressed
official
regret
at
certain!
statements
which
had
appeared
In
!
German
newspapers
In
regard
to
the
United
States
and
Americans.
j
Another
Pilot
Dies
Suddenly
Capt.
John
Barbaric
Collapses
In
Restaurant
After
Having
Brought
Ship
In
VANCOUVER,
March
15:
Capt.
John
Barbaric,
for
fifteen
years
a
well
known
Vancouver
pilot,
col-
lapsed
In
a
restaurant
here
Satur-
day
after
having
brought
in
a
ship
and
died.
Before
taking
up
pilot
-
ylved
by
a
widow,
one
son
and
one
daughter.
.
most
uncomfortable
craft
in
the
world."
Built
mainly
to
carry
fish
and
ice,
their
accommodation
for
humans
Is
a
secondary
consideration.
And
the
halibut
banks
aren't
exactly
comfortable,
either.
Winds
and
waves
from
far-off
Siberia
make
decks
buck
underfoot,
and
more
than
1,200
fishermen
spend
most
of
their
time
In
oilskins.
About
175
halibut
vessels
operate
from
Seattle.
Nearly
100
more'
work
out
of
British
Columbia
ports
Prince
RUpert
and
Vancouver
and
the
rest
sail
from
Alaskan
bases.
Half
of
the
Prince
Rupert
and
Vancouver
fleet
left
port
Friday
and
Saturday.
The
rest
of
them
will
remain
In
port
until
March
v2
1
so
the
market
will
not
be
flooded
early
In
the
year.
North
Pacific
halibut
fishing
Is
not
a
small
business.
Its
value
Is
estimated
at
$4,000,000
a
year.
Fishermen
sign'
on
the
vessels
as
partners.
The
boat
gets
20
of
the
catch,
expenses
are
deducted
and
the
remainder'
is
equally
di
vided
between
the
ship's
company,
the
skipper
sharing
with
the
rest
but
receiving
a
slight
bonus
from
the
boat's
share.
Several
of
the
halibut
boats
are
expected
to
make
quick
trips
on
their
first
sailing
this
year.
They
will
race
back
to
port
before
Good
-
riday,
March
26,
to
get
the
usual
opening.
.liigh-vhaUmrW-pTice.
,...-.-?
'
Last
year
Seattle
hca'ded
the
halibut
ports
in
weight
of
fish
lan-Jed.e
with
22,719,259
pounds.
Prince
Rupert
was
In
second
place
with-14,318,842
pounds
while
Vancouver
trailed
far
behind
with
only
2,453,-
367.
Before
conservation
measures
were
applied
by
the
International
Fisheries
Commission,
Prince
Ru
pert
held,
top
place.
In
1926
this
port
was
the
unloading
point
for
26,830,000
pounds
of
the
big
fish,
compared
with
Seattle's
total
of
about
10,000,000
pounds
Flood
disruption
of
railway
service
out
of
Prince
Rupert
last
summer,
according
to
fishermen,
reduced
the
season
total
because
many
American
boats
which
ordinarily
call
here
went
south
to
Seattle.
In
1936
sales
were
controlled
by
the
Canadian
Halibut
Marketing
Board.
The
board
ceased
operations
when
the
Privy
Council
decided
Canada's
Natural
Products
Marketing
Act
was
ultra
vires
of
the
federal
government.
The
Prince
Rupert
fleet
has
now
gone
under
the
British,
Columbia
Marketing
Act.
Voluntary
co-operation
of
fishermen
,ln
limiting
the
early-:
season
catch
is
expected
to
maintain
an
equal
price
this
year.
The
season
will
end
when
the
combined
catch
of
the
Canadian
and
American
fleets
totals
roughly
46,000,000
pounds
a
figure
decided
upon
by
Canadian
and
United
States
officials
for
conservation
purposes:
Dr.
W.
F.
Thompson
of
the
Inter-i
national
Fisheries
Commission,
said
halibut
stocks
on
the
North
Pacific
:
Coast
had
increased
600
since
conservation
measures
were
put
Into
force
by
the
commission.
Two
years
ago
the
commission
tagged
and
tattooed
1,200
halibut,
trying
to
discover
their
rate
of
movement,
direction
of
migration
and
rate
of
growth.
Metal
tags
were
clamped
on
all
of
them,
and
some
were
marked
with
a
blue
I
tattoo
on
the
left
cheek
or
the
nape
of
the
neck
on
the
white
side
of
the
fish.
J
Dr.
Thompson,
said
he
expected
i
fishermen
would
bring
in
some
of
the
tattooed
fish
this
year
and
1
that
examination
of
the
halibut
by
.be
caught
without
depleting
the
widespread
Pacific.
Coast
bants.
,