48 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Kegulations promulgated January 5, 1903. Treasury Department Circular No. 3, 1903. 



Prohibits fishing until after June 30 in southeastern Alaska. 

 Act of February 14, 1903, Department of Commerce and Labor Circular No. 42, May 10, 1904. 



Repeats act of March 3, 1899, changing authority to Department of Commerce and Labor. 

 Department of Commerce and Labor. Department Circular No. 34, April 18, 1904. 



Rescinds regulation promulgated January 5, 1903, prohibiting fishing in southeastern Alaska 

 until after June 30. 



Executive order, February 1, 1906. 



Establishes Yes Bay hatchery reservation and limits fishing therein. 

 Act of June 14, 1906, Department of Commerce and Labor Circular No. 136. 



Prohibits aliens from fishing in the waters of Alaska. 



Act of June 26, 1906, Department of Commerce and Labor, Circular No. 136, supersedes act of 

 March 3, 1899. 



Section 1. Provides license taxes as follows: Canned salmon, 4 cents per case; pickled, 10 cents 

 per barrel; salt salmon, 5 cents i:ier 100 pounds; fish oil, 10 cents per barrel; fertilizer, 20 cents 

 per ton. 



Section 2. Provides tax rebates on account of hatcheries at rate of 10 cases of salmon to every 

 1,000 red or king salmon fry liberated; provides for inspection and approval of hatcheries, sub- 

 mission of reports, and certification of reports. 



Section 3. Prohibits maintenance of dams and other obstructions to passage of sahnon in any 

 waters where the distance from shore to shore is less than 500 feet, or within 500 yards of the 

 mouth of any red-salmon stream less than 500 feet in width. 



Section 4. Prohibits setting gear across or above the tidewater of any stream, estuary, or 

 lagoon for more than one-third its width, or within 100 yards outside the mouth of any red-salmon 

 stream less than 500 feet in width, or within 100 yards of another fishing appliance, or to construct 

 a trap or other fixed appliance within 600 yards laterally or within 100 yards endwise of another 

 trap. 



Section 5. Prohibits fishing between 6 p. m. Saturday and 6 a. m. Monday except in Cook 

 Inlet, Copper River Delta, and Bering Sea, and between 6 p. m. and 6 a. m. in any stream less 

 than 100 yards in width. Provides for closing of trap and opening of heart walls of traps during 

 weekly closed season. 



Section 6. Authorizes reservations for spawning and limitation or restriction of fishing after 

 giving hearing and in case those engaged in catching do not maintain adequate hatcheries. 



Section 7. Prohibits canning or salting for sale for food any salmon more than 48 hours after 

 it has been killed. 



Section 8. Prohibits wanton waste. 



Section 9. Prohibits misrepresentation on labels. 



Section 10. Requires reports of operations. 



Section 11. Authorizes regulations consistent with this act by Secretary of Commerce and 

 Labor. 



Section 12. Authorizes expenditures to enforce. 



Section 13. Provides penalties. 



Section 14. Method of enforcing act. 



Section 15. Inconsistent acts repealed. 



Section 16. Act effective June 26, 1906. 



Order of Secretary of Commerce and Labor, December 19, 1907. 



Closed to all commercial fishing Wood River and the area within 500 yards of its mouth. 

 Notice to packers by Commissioner of Fisheries, April 18, 1908. 



Prohibits use of salmon bellies only without utilizing remaining edible portions of fish. 



