I
Buyers,
Processors
and
Shippers
of
Fish
a
f
side.
Canadian
Fishing
Co.
at
Carlisle,
Cassiar
Packing
Co.
at
Cassiar,
Francis
Millerd
Co.
at
Seal
Cove,
Nelson
Bros,
at
Port
Edward
and
J.
H.
Todd
and
Sons
at
Inverness.
To
gather
information
on
the
mysteries
of
salmon
migration
and
reproduction
cycles,
the
Fisheries
Research
station
at
Nanaimo
under
Dr.
A.
L.
Pritch-ard
is
conducting
a
continuing
survey
of
sockeye
salmon
on
the
Skeena
River,
which
is
now
in
its
third
year.
Halibut,
the
other
maior
fish-
I
ery.
was
during,
the
war,
the
most
stable
source
of
profit
In
the
industry.
Price
ceilings,
which
were
dropped
by
the
federal
government
this
year,
have
been
the
marketing
price
during
the
war,
because
the
demand
held
it
at
that
level.
So
far
this
year,
approximately
3
500,000
pounds
of
halibut
have
I
been
landed
at
Prince
Rupert
!
from
boats
of
the
regular
hall-jbut
fleet.
This
is
exclusive
of
a
probable
equal
amount
landed
1n
the
district
by
packers
from
small
boats
delivering
to
fishing
company
camps
on
coastal
Is
lands.
This
vear
200
Canadian
halibut
boats
landed
7,028,000
pounds
from
Area
Two,
while
more
than
1.000.000
Dounds
have
been
brought
in
from
some
70
vessels
fishing
in
remote
Area
Three.
Last
vear.
for
the
first
time
in
the
history
of
the
halibut
fishery,
Canadian
boats
took
more
than
half
of
the
Area
Two
catch,
nrac-
tically
all
of
which
was
landed
at
Prince
Rupert.
In
addition
they
also
caught
13
per
cent
of
the
Area,
Three
quota
or
28,000,
COO
nounds.
Landings
of
halibut
in
the
i
Prince
Rupert
district,
.including
1
Eutedalfe.
Ks;mtu
and
Namu,
last
year
were
15,012,000
pounds
i
from
Canadian
boats
of
24,500,
ATLIN
FISHERIES
LIMITED
ISS
Message
from
Premier
Hart
I
would
like
t.o
tcke
this
opportunity
of
addressing
a
few
words
of
commendation
to
the
delegates
to
the
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central
British
Columbia
in
Annual
Convention
at
Prince
Rupert.
Very
fine
work
is
being
carried
out
by
the
representative
Boards
of
Trade
that
make
up
the
membership
of
this
association.
I
feel
that
the
years
ahead
hold
great
promise
for
the
development
of
Central
and
Northern
British
Columbia
and
we
look
to
our
businessmen
for
leadership
in.
this
legard.
They
have
given
great
impetus
to
the
development
or
this.
Province
and
under
the
aegis
of
the
various
Boards
of
Trade
will
no
doubt
continue
to
do
so.
May
I
wish
you
every
success
In
your
deliberations.
JOHN
HART
Premier
n
000
pound
Area
Two
quota.
Land
ings
at
Prince
Rupert
from
the
regular
fleet
were
in
excess
of
P
.000.000
Dounds.
In
addition
to
this,
American
vessels
brought
in
4.384,000
pounds,
bringing
Prince
Rupert's
halibut
landings
to
19.000,000
pounds.
j
"
BIG
FREEZING
CENTRE
Prince
Rupert
might
also
be
described
as
the
fish
freezing
centre
of
the
coast,
because
out
of
42,000,000
pounds
of
halibut,
salmon,
black
cod,
fillets,
etc".
frozen
in
British
Columbia
cold
storage
plants
In
1946,
not
less
lhan
25,000.000
pounds
were
froz
en
in
Prince
Rupert's
three
big
plants.
Incidentally,
the
Canadian
Fish
and
Cold
Storage
Co.,
whose
cold
storage
Dlant
of
14,000.000
pounds
capacity
is
the
biggest
in
the
world,
shipped.
several
hund
red
tons
of
salt
herring
to
China
this
spring.
Over
at
Massett
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
the
Massett
Co-operative
operates
a
clam
cannery
which
sends
its
fine
product
to
a
wide
market.
HALIBUT
The
largest
fresh
halibut
business
in
the
world
is
at
Prince
Rupert.
Investigate
the
Rupert
area!
Sellers
of
Bait
and
Hard
Frozen
Ice
NORTHERN
FISHERMEN'S
COLD
STORAGE
LTD..
The
Prince
Rupert
Area
Has...
A
$15
000,000
celanese
pulp
Industry
under
construction.
One
of
world's
finest
all-year
harbors,
deepsea
docking
facilities,
etc.
$10,000,000
annual
income
from
the
fishing;
Industry.
A
daV
newspaper
and
radio
station,
excellent
merchandizing
facilities.
A
1,250,000-bushel
elevator
point
of
grain
transshipment
to
Orient.
An
avenue
bank
clearing
of
$1,000,000.00
monthly.
An
abattoir
and
meat
packing
Industry.
Oil,
gasoline
storage
and
distribution
facilities
for
entire
north
B.C.
Coast.
The
heaviest
concentration
of
salmon
canning
plants
In
world.
A
dry
dock
and
shipbuilding
Industry.
The
mining
industry
in
the
area
has
produced
$15,000,000
to
date.
A
$200,000
annual
fur
trade.
The
largest
uncut
timber
reserves
in
world,
now
being
utilized.
A
transprovincial
highway.
A
transcontinental
railway.
The
largest
fresh
halibut
business
in
the
world.
The
largest
fish
cold
storage
plants
in
the
world.
A
ten
million
dollar
seaplane
base.
A
large
modern
ocean
dock.
A
huge
industrial
warehouse.
Complete
matine
terminal
facilities.
Railway
shops
employing
about
100
men.
Several
ship
sheds
for
building
and
repairing
small
craft.
Provincial
government
district
offices
and
court
house.
Dominion
government
fisheries,
customs
and
other
offices.
Marine
department
station.
Dominion
government
wireless
station.
Canadian
National
Railway
district
offices.
A
$250,000
post
office.
Ice
factories.
Many
docks
and
wharves.
Fish
reduction
plant.
Number
of
fish
houses
doing
an
export
business.
Several
fishery
supply
and
ship
chandlery
establishments.
Several
wholesale
houses
doing
business
in
the
district.
Fine
modern
retail
stores.
Air
service
to
Vancouver
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
Modern
local
and
long
distance
telephone
services.
Good
steamship
services
to
Alaska,
and
south
to
Vancouver,
and
Victoria,
and
west
to
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
Hotels
and
restaurants.
The
finest
civic
centre
In
Canada.
First-run
movie
theatre.
Modern
high
school
and
first-year
university
classes.
Four
public
schools
with
over
thirty
teachers.
Seven
churches,
representing
the
most
important
denominations.
A
modern
150-bed
hospital.
Up-to-date
public
library.
Interesting
museum.
'
Paved
streets
and
concrete
sldewalk&
"T-tJ'tf
Well-kept
gardens
and
pretty
residences.
Number
of
clubs
and
fraternal
organizations.
No
severe
cold
In
winter.
No
extreme
heat
in
summer.
No
mosquitoes
or
other
Insect
pests,
j
.
Great
opportunities
for
boating,
fishing
and
hunting.
Fewer
climatic
or
other
disadvantages
than
most
plarw
in
Canada.
FUR
TRADE
IS
BIG
INDUSTRY
Fur
trading
was
Canada's
first
ndustry
and
to
it
is
owed
the
ex-exploratlon
of
much
of
the
country.
Today
many
of
these
old
trading
posts
ana
Torts
have
disappeared
from
the
southern
areas
but
in
the
Prince
Rupert
area
fur
trading
Is
.still
an
Important
source
o'
revenue
having
a
turnover
of
$200,000
a
year.
DRYDOCK
AND
SHIPYARDS
The
Canadian
National
ary-
lock
and
shipyards
at
Prince
Rupert
served
Canada
well
I
through
two
wars.
During
the
war
years
they
turned
out
many
freighters
and
shipi
of
war
and
now
in
the
days
of
peace
they
cater
to
the
coastal
shipping
and
the
fishing
fleet.
FINEST
QUALITY
prince
Uupcrt
Daily
.i3Ctog
prince
Uupctt
Daily
r3clus
SECTION
ONE
CONVENTION
SUta
Wednesday,
August
6,
1947
This
One
of
Fisheries
Capitals
of
Wo
MSOR
COAST
FISHING
CENTRE,
PRINCE
RUKRT
MARKETS
MANY
SEA
PRODUCTS
I$-AlI-Round
Centre
New
Processes
Have
Spurred
Basic
Industry
t
(By
JACK
McLEOD)
"HSibut
capital
of
the
World"
Prince
Rupert
is
calledjiut
the
daring
of
its
off-shore
halibut
skippers
wV,iio4ifit-5ih1f
nnrl
a
hit
clamorous
has.
perhaps,
obscured
the
fact
that
this
port
also
is
the
centre
of
a
vast
salmon
industry
that
sends
its
labelled
products
to
allcomers
of
the
globe.
Nor
does
it
advertise
the
fr
.
.
f
i
j
.
jk.
niyriad-or
otner
varieties
ianaeu-
end
processed
in
district
plants.
vt.
rinpo
R'mert.
Is
trulv
an
ill-rounHilshrng
centre.
market-
Ins
in
Addition
to
halibut
and
salmonwiarge
amounts
of
black
cod,
liii'.cod,
Hat
fish,
herring,
herring-oil
and
dogfish,
halibut
liver
oiGtas
well
as
modest
quantities
of
crabs,
clams
and
shrimp.
Takelor
instance,
the
relatively
new
'
vitamin
oil
Industry,
which
received
its
greatest
impetus
during
the
war.
when
the
demand
for
vitamin
"A"
reached
an
unnrecedented
DeaK.
lost.
manufactured
at
thi
port
reached
a
value
of
more
than
$1
,000,-000.
In
spite
of
the
fact
that
many
people
foresaw
a
collapse
cf
the
vitamin
market
with
the
end
of
the
war.
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Cooperative,
J.
H.
Carson
Co.
and
E.
C.
Packers
operate
oil
process.-
ing
plants
in
Prince
Rupert
and
Port
Edward.
Prince
Ruperr
also
is
the
centre
of
operations
in
the
sal
mon
industry
for
the
Naas
and
year,
vitamin
oils
refined
and'
Skeena
rivers,
Rivers
Inlet,
I?
,;
'
'W
''
,
i
"
-
3
...
f
;
-
McLeans'
Shipyard
Seal
Cove
Prince
Rupert
WELCOME
!
BOARDS
OF
TRADE
AND
DELEGATES
Smith
&
Elldns
Ltd.
PLUMBING
AND
HEATING
ENGINEERS
C.
II.
ELKINS
H.
A.
BKEEN
Smith's
Inlet
and
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
This
year,
800
salmon
trolling
licenses
were
issued,
a
number
about
equal
to
1945.
.
The
industry
sustains
six
boat
building
plants
in
the
harbor
and
,
several
more
attached
to
canner
ies
and
others
neafby.
In
the
canned
salmon
industry,
248.877
cases,
each
weighing
4&
pounds,
were
produced
by
the(
seven
canneries
provided
with
fish
from
the
Skeena
and
N?as
River
areas.
The
whole
of
the
pack
from
District
Two,
of
which
Prince
Rupert
is
the
headquar-'
ters,
was
595,361
cases
out
of
the
1
500.000
cases
packed
on
the
British
Columbia
coast
last
year.
The.se
seven
canneries
produc
ed
72,359
cases
of
sockeye,
the
aristocrat
of
canned
salmon,
1
50,796
cases
of
pinks,
81.653
cases
!
of
chums,
38,545
cases
of
coho,
and
about
3,000
cases
each
of
springs
and
steelhead.
Thou
sands
of
persons
were
employed
on
the
fishing
grounds
and
in
the
canneries
during
the
three
month
season.
The
canneries
operating
last
year
and
again
this
year
were
Anglo-B.C.
Packing
Co.
at
North
Pacific,
B.
C.
Packers
at
Sunny-
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SHEET
METAL
LTD,
Welding
&
Sheet
Meta
ERIC
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Phont
BLACIl
Wc
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Most
Heartily
In
Prince
Rupert's
Welcom
e
To
the
visiting
Boards
of
Trade
and
Delegates
and
wish
tries
every
success
in
their
deliberation
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