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6. Prior to 6 o'clock antemeridian August 10 in each calendar year commercial 
fishing for salmon by means of gill nets attached to anchored boats or other 
anchored floating equipment is prohibited. 
7. After 6 o’clock antemeridian August 10 in each calendar year commercial 
fishing for salmon is permitted by means of gill nets and stake nets not ex- 
ceeding 350 fathoms each in length: Provided, That all stakes used in connec- 
tion therewith shall be removed at or before the end of the fishing season. 
Steelhead fishery—Commercial fishing for steelhead trout shall be subject 
to the provisions of law and the regulations applicable to commercial fishing 
for salmon. 
Clam fishery—lIt is prohibited to take for commercial purposes any razor 
clam measuring less than 41% inches in total length of shell. Possession of 
any razor clam of less than this length will be regarded as prima facie evidence 
of unlawful taking. 
XII. SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA AREA 
The Southeastern Alaska area is hereby defined to include all territorial 
coastal and tributary waters of Alaska extending from Dixon Entrance on the 
south to and including Yakutat Bay on the north. 
Salmon fishery.—This area is subdivided into the following districts, wherein 
regulations shall be effective as follows: 
Yakutat district—All waters of this area west of the one hundred and 
thirty-eighth meridian of west longitude. 
1. The total aggregate length of gill nets on any salmon fishing boat, or in 
use by such boat, shall not exceed 250 fathoms hung measure. 
2. The distance by most direct water measurement from any part of one trap 
to any part of another trap shall not be less than 114 statute miles. 
3. No salmon fishing boat shall carry or operate more than one seine of any 
description, and no additional net of any kind shall be carried on such boat. 
No purse seine shall be less than 200 meshes nor more than 300 meshes in 
depth, nor less than 150 fathoms nor more than 250 fathoms in length measured 
on the cork line. For the purpose of determining depths of seines measure- 
ments will be upon the basis of 3% inches stretched measure between knots. 
No extension to any seine in the way of leads will be permitted. 
4. The 36-hour closed period for salmon fishing prescribed by section 5 of the 
act of June 6, 1924, is hereby extended to include the period from 6 o'clock 
postmeridian of Friday of each week until 6 o’clock antemeridian of the 
Monday following, making a weekly closed period of 60 hours. 
5. Commerical fishing for salmon in Dry Bay is prohibited prior to June 1 
in each year. 
6. All commercial fishing for salmon is prohibited, as follows: 
(a) Ankau Creek and Inlet. 
(b) Akwe or Ahquay River. 
(c) The * Basin” above Dry Bay. 
Icy Strait-Cross Sound district—All waters of this area north of the fifty- 
eighth parallel of north latitude and east of the one hundred and _ thirty- 
eighth meridian of west longitude. 
1. The total aggregate length of gill nets on any salmon fishing boat, or in 
use by such boat, shall not exceed 250 fathoms hung measure. 
2. The distance by most direct waier measurement from any part of one 
trap to any part of another trap shall not be less than 11% statute miles. 
3. Traps and purse seines are prohibited in Lynn Canal and contiguous 
waters north of 58 degrees 26 minutes north latitude. 
4. No salmon fishing boat shall carry or operate more than one seine of 
any description, and no additional net of any kind shall be carried on such 
boat. No purse seine shall be less than 200 meshes nor more than 300 meshes 
in depth, nor less than 150 fathoms nor more than 250 fathoms in Jength 
measured on the cork line. For the purpose of determining depths of seines 
measurements will be upon the basis of 314 inches stretched measure between 
knots. No extension to any seine in the way of leads will be permitted. 
5. Commercial fishing for salmon, except by trolling, is prohibited for the 
remainder of each calendar year after 6 o’clock postmeridian August 6: 
Provided, That such fishing may be carried on by gill nets from 6 o'clock 
antemeridian September 5 to 6 o'clock posimeridian October 15 in waters open 
to fishing. 
6. Commercial fishing for salmon in Lynn Canal and contiguous waters 
north of the south end of Kochu Island is prohibited, except that in these 
