Logan Republican | 1904-06-18 | Page 3 | Only Russians May Fish

ONLY RUSSIANS MAY FICH. Waters Around Vladlvc.ok Are Jealously Jeal-ously Looked After. In the great llshlng grounds of tho sea of Okhotsk, north of Vladivostok, tho Itussian government sells concessions conces-sions nnnually, hut all the vessels employed em-ployed must ue Russian, sail under that (lag and hnve Russian crows. No fishing 1e allowed In the rivers, nor nearer than oue mile from tho mouth of the river. A severo penalty is Imposed Im-posed on any .lapaneso found working in a Russian fishery. Neither can u Japanesu sell fish to n Itussian. Tho Russian Seal company, tho East Siberian Sibe-rian Fishing company and ono other company have the oxcluslvo right to fish. Ir. September lust ono ship brought in a cargo of thlrty-sovon tons of salmon from Okhotsk to tho Vladivostok Vladi-vostok market. Ono firm Bent 20,100,-000 20,100,-000 pounds of salmon to Hamburg; another firm supplied G.480,000 pounds to tho, Japanese government.