1938 - Marine Resources

Marine Resources

An International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling institutes voluntary conservation quotas, but the killing of whales by Japanese, Norwegian, and Russian ships goes on virtually unabated.

Efforts begin to help salmon and steelhead trout ascend the Columbia River via fish "ladders" as the river's fishing industry is threatened by power dams, such as the year-old Bonneville dam, that have cut the fish off from spawning grounds (see 1911; Maine, 1948).

Albacore tuna show up in large schools off the Oregon Coast, and salmon fishermen who have been supplying the Columbia River Packers Association since 1899 turn to tuna fishing. The Association adopts the brand name Bumble Bee for its canned tuna after having used it for years on its canned salmon and builds the first tuna cannery in the Northwest, setting it up alongside its salmon cannery at Astoria, Ore.