ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL, INDUSTRIES, 1926 243 
1. Commercial fishing for salmon shall be conducted solely by trolling and by 
drift gill nets which shall not exceed 250 fathoms in length each. 
2. Commercial fishing for salmon, except by trolling, is prohibited during the 
period from 6 o’clock postmeridian June 10 to 6 o’clock postmeridian June 30 
in each year. 
3. The 36-hour closed period for salmon fishing prescribed by section 5 of 
the act approved June 6, 1924, is hereby extended to include the period from 
6 o'clock antemeridian of Saturday of each week to 6 o’clock antemeridian of 
the Monday following, making a weekly closed period of 48 hours. 
Prince of Wales Island district——All waters of the west coast of Prince of 
Wales Island and adjacent islands from Cape Chacon northward to Point 
Baker, and within a line from Point Baker to Point Colpoys, thence to Middle 
Craig Point on Zarembo Island, thence to Woronkofski Point on Woronkofski 
Island, thence to Babbler Point on the mainland, thence to Watkins Point on 
Cleveland Peninsula, thence following the watershed between Ernest Sound 
and Behm Canal to and including Lemesurier Point, thence to Tolstoi Point 
on Prince of Wales Island, thence following the watershed on Prince of Wales 
Island to Cape Chacon. 
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 1 statute mile. 
3. Traps are prohibited in Tuxekan Passage between 55 degrees 46 minutes 
north latitude and 55 degrees 52 minutes north latitude, and in all waters 
within one-half statute mile of the southern point of Tuxekan Island. 
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 length, measured 
on the cork line. For the purpose of determining depths of seines measurements 
will be upon the basis of 2% inches stretched measure between knots. No ex- 
tension to any seine in the way of leads will be permitted. 
5. Commercial fishing for salmon, except by trolling, is prohibited from 6 
o'clock postmeridian August 22 to 6 o’clock postmeridian September 14 in each 
year, and for the remainder of each year after 6 o’clock postmeridian October 
15; and in addition commercial fishing for salmon, except by trolling, is pro- 
hibited in all waters of the west coast of Prince of Wales Island and adjacent 
islands from Cape Chacon northward to Point Baker, thence eastward to Point 
Colpoys from January 1 to 6 o’clock postmeridian July 14 in each year. 
6. All commercial fishing for salmon is prohibited, as follows: 
(a) Thorne and Tolstoi Bays, indenting the eastern shore of Prince of 
Wales Island: All waters within a line from Tolstoi Point to Thorne Head. 
(b) McHenry Inlet, southwest coast of Etolin Island: All waters within 
1,000 yards of the salmon streams emptying into the head of McHenry Inlet. 
(c) Rocky Bay, west coast of Etolin Island: Ali waters within 1 statute 
mile of the head of the bay. 
(ad) Thoms Place, indenting the southwestern shore of Wrangell Island, 
Zimovia Strait. 
(e) Olive Cove, indenting the northeastern shore of Etolin Island. 
(f) Anita Bay, opening into Zimovia Strait, Etolin Island. 
(g) Barnes Lake, at head of Lake Bay, northeast coast of Prince of Wales 
Island: All waters in Barnes Lake and within 50 yards outside its entrance. 
(h) Whale Passage, northeast coast of Prince of Wales Island: All waters 
within 1,000 yards from mouths of all salmon streams. 
(i) Salmon Bay, northeast coast of Prince of Wales Island: All waters within 
the bay and all waters within 1 statute mile of the mouth of the bay. 
(j) Red Bay, north shore of Prince of Wales Island: All waters south of a 
true east and west line passing through the north shore of Dead Island. 
(k) Hole in the Wall, west coast of Prince of Wales Island: All waters 
within the outermost points of the cove. 
(1) Shipley Bay, west coast of Kosciusko Island: All waters east of 133 
degrees 32 minutes 30 seconds west longitude. 
(m) Sarkar Cove, west coast of Prince of Wales Island, tributary to El 
Capitan Passage: All waters inside of a line across the entrance. 
mm Gey Naukati Bay, west coast of Prince of Wales Island: All waters within 
e bay. 
