The question of fishing off Bristol Bay will be settled with the American Government amicably "before long" h declared.
Negotiations are already in progress, he revealed, for the regulation of fishing off Alaska in accordance with international law.
Special attention is being paid to the questions of fishing in the open seas and of special conditions in Alaska.
The. Government's experimental fishing vessel, dispatched to the Alaskan waters in the past two years, will not be sent this year, he said—Domei.
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