41: U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



NEW FISHERY REGULATIONS 



The regulations for the protection of the fisheries of Alaska, issued 

 December 18, 1930, were amended by the follo\ving regulations issued 

 by the Acting Secretary of Commerce under the dates indicated : 



[March 6, 1931] 



Bristol Bay Area 



Salmon fishery. — Regulation No. 3 is amended to read as follows: Each gill 

 net in operation shall be marked by a cluster of floats or corks at the ends, and 

 double floats or corks shall be attached to the cork line at 25-fathom intervals. 

 The clusters of floats or corks at the ends and the double floats or corks at the 

 25-fathom intervals shall be painted bright red. The clusters at the ends shall 

 also be legibly and plainly marked with the initials of the operator. 



Alaska Peninsula Area 



Salmon fishery . — 1. Regulation No. 15 is amended to read as follows: Commercial 

 fishing for salmon along the mainland shore on the south side of Alaska Peninsula 

 from Kabuch Point easterly to Morgan Point is prohibited prior to July 15 in 

 each j^ear: Provided, That this prohibition shall not apply to the waters of 

 Morzhovoi Bay west of 163 degrees 1 minute 45 seconds west longitude after 

 6 o'clock antemeridian June 1 in each year. 



2. Regulation No. 16 is amended to read as follows: Commercial fishing for 

 salmon along the mainland shore on the south side of Alaska Peninsula from a 

 point on the coast one statute mile northwesterly of the outer extremity of Moss 

 Cape to the outer extremity of Kupreanof Point is prohibited prior to July 1 in 

 each year. 



3. Regulation No. 17 is amended to read as follows: All commercial fishing 

 for salmon, except by beach seines not exceeding 65 fathoms in length, is pro- 

 hibited (a) in all waters between Cape Tachilni and the southern extremity of 

 Bold Cape, and (6) in all waters from Cape Tolstoi to the outer extremity of 

 Kupreanof Point. 



4. Regulation No. 22 (d) is amended to read as follows: Along the coast on 

 the west side of Morzhovoi Bay within 2,500 feet measured along the coast from 

 a point at 55 degrees 1 minute north latitude, 163 degrees 11 minutes 9 seconds 

 west longitude. 



5. Regulation No. 22 {I) is amended to read as follows: Mainland coast along 

 the west side of Pavlof Bay from 55 degrees 15 minutes 30 seconds north latitude 

 to 55 degrees 20 minutes north latitude. 



6. Regulation No. 22 (w) is amended to read as follows: Unga and Popof 

 Islands: East coast of Unga Island (1) from a point at 55 degrees 13 minutes 

 39 seconds north latitude, 160 degrees 30 minutes west longitude, easterly and 

 southerly to a point at 55 degrees 13 minutes 15 seconds north latitude, 160 

 degrees 29 minutes 42 seconds west longitude, and (2) from a point at 55 degrees 

 12 minutes 10 seconds north latitude, 160 degrees 29 minutes 42 seconds west 

 longitude, southerly and easterly to a point at 55 degrees 11 minutes 30 seconds 

 north latitude, 160 degrees 27 minutes 30 seconds west longitude, and east coast 

 of Popof Island within 2,500 feet of a point at 55 degrees 16 minutes north lati- 

 tude, 160 degrees 19 minutes 40 seconds west longitude. 



7. All commercial fishing for salmon is prohibited in all waters of Orzinski 

 (Orzenoi) Bay. 



Chignik Area 



Herring fishery. — 1. Regulation No. 6 is amended to read as follows: Com- 

 mercial fishing for herring, except for bait purposes, by means of any purse seine 

 is prohibited. 



2. Commercial fishing for herring, including bait fishing, by means of any 

 beach seine more than 50 fathoms in length is prohibited. 



KoDiAK Area 



Salmon fishery. — 1. Regulation No. 3 is amended to read as follows: Beach 

 seines shall be set from the beach only, and one end of the seine must remain on 

 the beach until the set is completed. No beach seine shall be used as a purse 



