The Nome Nugget

LET US MAKE A MOVE

Now that fish commissioner O'Malley has closed the fishing for salmon in Southeastern and southwestern Alaska due to a scarcity of fish, it seems to the publisher of this little family paper that the time is ripe for the Chamber of Commerce to start a movement for a fish survey of the waters of Bering Sea, thereby opening up a new field and source of supply when the supply fails in other sections of Alaska. For many years it has been known that all the species of the salmon family frequent the waters of Bering Sea and adjacent rivers. It is also a well known fact that halibut and cod fish are numerous as well as the famous midnight-sun crab, and even clams have been taken from the waters not far from Nome. A survey of these waters would determine to what extent fishing on a commercial basis would be possible. Now that Nome's harbor is becoming more certain for the navigation of small vessels it would and can be made a port for fishing vessels to carry on their trade thus saving the long and tedious journey to Ketchikan in order to dispose of their catch. The fishing business has made Southeastern Alaska what it is today, and by getting this industry established in this section it would give a back haul to steamers and thereby reduce the transportation costs of commodities between Seattle and Nome. A fish survey would also demonstrate other localities besides Golovin, where the herring schools abound. The herring put up at Golovin, about 60 miles from Nome, are said to be the finest in the world and it can be safely said that the farther north you go, the better the grade of fish. Let's get busy immediately