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The case against the Lindenberger Packing Co., of Craig, for canning 
fish more than 48 hours after their capture in the 1937 season, which 
was continued until the spring term of court in 1938, was dismissed. 
In the case pending at the close of 1937 against Frank Richardson, 
charged with fishing with a small seine at the mouth of Blind River, 
Wrangell Narrows, a trial by jury, at the defendant’s request, was held 
on August 8, 1938. The defendant was acquitted on the plea that 
the markers were not at the mouth of the stream but that the tide 
backs up 1% miles above them. 
In the Seward-Katalla district, 11 cases of illegal fishing, involving 
14 persons, were brought before Commissioner’s court, and convic- 
tions were obtained and fines imposed in all instances except one. Of 
these cases, one involved the taking of undersized clams for commercial 
purposes by A. W. Marcus, who was fined $25. His forfeited catch, 
amounting to 452 pounds, was sold for $24.86. There were four cases 
of illegal seine fishing for salmon, as follows: Jack Brady, fishing with 
a skiff and seine during a weekly closed period, fined $100; Oscar 
Donaldson, fishing aboard the Katherine L during a weekly closed 
period in a restricted area at the head of Eaglek Bay, fined $75; 
Arthur G. Clark and William Imlach, fishing with seine boat 31B839 
in the mouth of a salmon stream in Hawkins Cutoff, fined $50; and 
William Stears and Clarence Betchel, fishing with the Cambria inside 
markers at the mouth of lagoon in Eaglek Bay, fined $50. 
Six violations in the Seward-Katalla district involved the illegal 
use of stake or set gill nets in sloughs of the Copper River area which 
were closed to commercial fishing. In one case, that against William 
P. Smith, operator of the boat 31D463, observed in Pete Dahl Slough 
by the Bureau’s warden while on airplane patrol on June 11, the de- 
fendant denied any knowledge of the set net, and the case was dis- 
missed for lack of sufficient evidence. In the other cases pleas of 
guilty were entered in Commissioner’s court and a fine of $75 was 
assessed against each defendant, as follows: Harold Couzins, operating 
stake net in Walholla Slough on May 24; Charles Christensen, set 
netting in Pete Dahl Slough with the boat 31B540 on June 11; Otto 
Tiedeman and Emil Freeman, using set nets in Pete Dahl Slough on 
June 11; and Wilbur Platt, with the boat 31A956, and Gilbert Young, 
with the boat 31B353, using set nets inside Mountain Slough on July 8. 
One hundred and twenty-one red salmon in the possession of Harold 
Couzins at the time of his apprehension were sold for $33.28. A catch 
of 451 red salmon was surrendered also by Messrs. Tiedeman and Free- 
man and sold for the account of the Government for $124.03. 
In the Cook Inlet area six cases of violations of the regulations were 
reported, most of which were observed by means of airplane patrol. 
A trap owned by the Cook Inlet Packing Co. and located about 15 
miles north of Ninilchik Village was found with the tunnel not closed 
and the heart walls not lifted or lowered during a weekly closed period 
in accordance with the method prescribed by section 5 of the Act of 
June 6, 1924. Complaint was filed before the Commissioner at Sel- 
dovia against both the company and the trap watchman, Simeon 
Oskolkoff. The latter admitted the charge but claimed his timepiece 
was wrong. He was fined $100. The company, through its manag- 
mg owner, pleaded guilty and was fined $200. ; 
Otto Rensing, operator of power boat 31040, found fishing with a 
beach seine inside markers at the mouth of Chinik Creek on July 13, 
