. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 44 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol, 17, No. 10 "Various arguments have been urged in favor of eliminating the traps, not all of which have equal validity, " Secretary McKay said. "For example, it is some- times argued that the traps should be abolished as a conservation measure. Years of experience give no support to this argument. The basic conservation problem is one of permitting escapement of sufficient salmon to maintain the runs in succeed- ing years. That can be done as easily through regulating the traps as through re
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 44 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol, 17, No. 10 "Various arguments have been urged in favor of eliminating the traps, not all of which have equal validity, " Secretary McKay said. "For example, it is some- times argued that the traps should be abolished as a conservation measure. Years of experience give no support to this argument. The basic conservation problem is one of permitting escapement of sufficient salmon to maintain the runs in succeed- ing years. That can be done as easily through regulating the traps as through regu- lating other types of gear. " The salmon fishing industry has for many years been by far the most important single industry based upon the use of Alaskan resources. During the fishing sea- son of 1954 the number of people employed in this industry totaled about 20, 500 and the value of the catch, as prepared for market, amounted to about $68, 200, 000. "For that reason, " Secretary McKay said, "the Department of the Interior has a deep interest in the welfare of those engaged in the industry, as well as in the policies which permit the maximum reasonable benefits which the fishery is capable of yielding. " The Department's report sent yesterday to Rep. Herbert C. Bonner, chairman of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, stated that the Bureau of the Budget has advised that there is no objection to the submission of the report. Pribilof Islands Fur-Seal Skin Take, 1955 The annual sealing operations (June 22-July 31) conducted by the Fish and Wild- life Service on the Pribilof Islands in the heart of the Bering Sea netted 65, 638 fur- seal skins, the Acting Secretary of the Interior reported August 28. The take was 1, 756 skins greater than last year's production of 63, 882 skins and close to the an- nual average of 65,000 skins. The uniform take of recent years indicates that the herd has stabilized at 1. 5 million animals. The fur-se
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