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. o VETERAN OF 30 YEARS fishing in Prince Rup-rt and northern British Columbia waters | is
* Otto Arnason, shown painting up numbers on h's troller. Mr. Arnason, who has been fishing
here since 1928 will be going out after spring siulmon in about two weeks. Trim vessel is berth-
ed at new government floats.
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‘ TWO OF APPROXIMATELY. 35- regular halibut boats fishing for Prince Rupert Fishermen’s ern
Co-Operative -association are Five Princes, owned and skippered by Jack Prince Jr., and L Prince Rupert Daily News STOCKING UP ON supplies | Chartered AL, ‘ountant
Fredelia III, owned and captained by Arne Husoy. Both boats left today to.be ready for open- . Fridav "May 9 1958 before leaving for fishing | . ¢ iC .
ing of season in Areas 3A and 2. —Staff. Photos by Dick Ayres. = ~ . _ grounds are two Nelson Bros. | 325 Fourth Avenue East
too vepeeee e eeaghenn vase eee guage vos Fisheries halibut boats at Port | +
Edward yesterday. Laverne | ere Prince R or
Marie, at right, skippered ‘by Soc Cc upert, B.C,
Chester Benson and vessci to : pn : !
starboard of it were getting | | P.O. Drawer 128 Telephcne 3975
ready to start fishing season | -

which opens in Area 3A and
Area 2 at 6 a.m. Sunday. |

 

New Zealander | AND CHAIR
uses old way

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand “ . ,
‘Reauters) -- Walter Cook pre- bedding.

| fers to hunt whales with a hand . .
harpoon and a light boat. This | @ Attractive large size:

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rugged man from Tonga is prob- | Rocker in Provincial
fably one of the last whalers in Sty!

i the world to stick to the methods tyte.

,Of Moby Dick’s day.

On a recent visit to New Zea- LOUNGE AND CHAIR
land, Cook attributed his suc-' Only
, CeSS in this hazardous oceupa-.

ition to “the razor edge of the Usual Credit Terms Available
i harpoon blade, experience, and:

| the crew's stamina.” | A. M KE N L [ F FU R Ni | T UJ RE LT
| Every day from July to Octo- ac

-ber, for 42 years, he has taken . ,
his to 30-foot whalers 20 miles. “A Good Place to Buy For Over a Third of Century
from the shores of Tonga to bate | 308 - 3rd Ave. West
i tle with the “biggest and most :
"power ful creature in the seg _
ithe Humpback Whale.

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‘the season before 16,
Cook was 14 ycars of age when
-he and his elder brother “bor-
rowed" their father's boat, took .
{UL to sen and returned with a-
whale. The next day, his career:
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ae 7 BIG NELSON BROS, FISHERIES halibut boat Haida Warrior, —, ist.
We | skippered by Gerry Dudoward, shudders as it goes into reverse, _, Today, he owns the only whal- ;
We i || rer carc to back away from Port Edward docks alter taking on pro. 2% business of its kind on |
Hs Irs f | to back away from Port Edward docks alter taking on pro- | spenua. “We Kill the whale only:
nal ; Visions Lo begin halibut season, Boat was preparing to go to for meat,” he says, “Il brings |
type |

oi) dock before leaving for fishing grounds boday.

» | of fish drops sharply | 22" ="

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ue OTTAWA ( .. Canada's catch coast dropped to 63,596,000) Landiigs of west coash her-

ty

bre of sea fish and shellfish tn the! pounds from 191,208,000 last | ring in the quarter were down
: Vos first quarter of 1958 dropped year. The landed value decreased |

alror uw a shilling: a pound." " :

“Double Duty”
= high loss

: , ta 82,279,000 pounds valued at enamel
wo off sharply from the corr es | Lo $1,572,000 from $3,599, N00, $863,000 from Hae ue pounds intloors und
bre ponding period aast year due to! phe west coast herring fadus-

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Worth $2,071,000 In 1057, The
try has been conducted on a lim. | cateh of gray cod and all shell-
ited beasis since October bee muse | fish except cinnmis was up. over
fishermen’s unions und fishing | A year aca, ‘

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wo boule decline dn herring Jand~!
vy hgs an the west coast. ,
me Total Canadian landings of:

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ne SRA Lsh and shellfish decreased |
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(tas from 298,023,000 von house palnt for ' 7"
po eh Ala Reyear apo ed | outside work. ere etter or '
vee Wau POH 5 per cent to $6,005,- ,
| M900 from $8,155,000. . i
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