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seine 30 fathoms long, an illegal type of fishing apparatus in this 
locality. The above case was dismissed after the defendant was found 
cuilty on another charge and sentenced to 6 months in jail. Another 
fisherman, Ed Haynes, illegally using a 45-fathom beach seine in 
closed waters of Lake Bay, was sentenced by the Commissioner at 
Wrangell to 60 days in jail and fined $50. At the same time an 
additional sentence of 30 days in jail, together with a fine of $50, was 
imposed against this defendant for fishing without a license, in violation 
of the Territorial law. 
Norman Tate and Hugh Harris, operators of the boat Ann, were 
apprehended for fishing at the head of Shipley Bay with small-mesh 
net, which they claimed was a gill net, although it was really a beach 
seine, not permissible in this locality. In Commissioner’s court at 
Craig the men pleaded not guilty and subsequently, upon recom- 
mendation of the Assistant District Attorney, the case was dismissed 
in view of the fact that the regulations did not specify the size of mesh 
to be used in gill nets. The operators were warned against further 
use of illegal apparatus. 
O. R. Batterson, operator of the trolling boat Arline B, appre-— 
hended for fishing during a weekly closed period near Cape Chacon, 
pleaded guilty in Commissioner’s court at Ketchikan and was fined 
$50, which fine was suspended. Pascual Roma Niere, who engaged in 
trolling for salmon commercially during a weekly closed period, pleaded 
guilty before the Commissioner at Wrangell and was fined $50 and 
sentenced to 30 days in jail. Four king salmon taken by him were 
seized and sold for $3.63. This defendant also was found guilty of 
violation of the Territorial law on two counts, namely, being an alien 
and fishing without a license, for which he was fined $50 and sentenced 
to 30 days on each count, the jail sentences to run concurrently with 
that imposed for violation of the Federal law. 
Two cases were brought before the local Commissioner against 
residents of Yakutat for fishing with set gill nets less than 100 yards 
apart. One of these violations involved nine persons, as follows: 
Henry Shodda, Moses Milton, Ned Williams, David Henry, Paul 
Henry, Jack Reed, Eugene George, Richard Reese, and Tom John 
In the other, the following four persons were concerned: David Abra- 
ham, Mary Henninger, Sam Bagge, and George Valle. All were 
found guilty, and fines of $30 each, with costs, were assessed. In the 
case of Henry Shodda, however, the fine and costs were suspended 
pending good behavior, as he was new in the area. 
George Anderson and Oscar Peterson were apprehended in the 
vicinity of Monte Carlo Island, Keku Strait, for possessing illegal 
fishing gear consisting of a 25-fathom beach seine. Each was given 
a 90-day suspended sentence, and the seine was destroyed. 
Several pieces of fishing apparatus were found that were evidently 
being used in violation of the fishery laws and regulations, but the 
owners were not apprehended. This apparatus included a 20-fathom 
seine found cached on the bank of a stream tributary to Calder Bay; 
a trap constructed across the Essowah Lake stream and a 25-fathom 
seine nearby; a piece of old gear stretched across Andrews Creek near 
Wrangell; a small gill net, a 10-fathom line, and about 10 fathoms of 
chicken wire in Klakas Lake stream; and a 75-fathom gill net in 
Sumner Strait. Except for the last-mentioned gill net, which was 
turned over to the marshal, this apparatus was destroyed. 
