102 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
NEW FISHERY REGULATIONS 
The regulations for the protection of the fisheries of Alaska, issued 
February 11, 1939, were amended by the following regulations issued 
under the dates indicated: ? 
[June 2, 1939] 
ALASKA PENINSULA AREA 
Salmon fishery.— Regulation No. 14, prohibiting commercial fishing for salmon 
by means of gill nets in certain waters west of 161 degrees west longitude, is hereby 
revoked. 
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AREA 
Herring fishery —Regulation No. 1 is amended to prohibit commerical fishing 
for herring, except for bait purposes, from January 1 to June 15, both dates 
inclusive, and from November 1 to December 31, both dates inclusive. 
PrIncE WILLIAM SOUND AREA 
Herring fishery — Commercial fishing for herring, including bait fishing, is 
prohibited within one statute mile of Tatitlek village. 
[July 13, 1939] 
BristoL Bay AREA 
Salmon fishery. Regulation No. 18 is amended to increase by 24 hours the 
total weekly closed period for salmon fishing in all sections of the Kvichak- 
Naknek district, extending the midweekly closing to include the period from 12 
o’clock midnight Tuesday to 12 o’clock midnight Thursday of each week. 
[July 21, 1939] 
BristoLt Bay AREA 
Salmon fishery — Regulation No. 12 is hereby amended to prohibit commercial 
fishing for salmon in the Kvichak-Naknek district from 6 o’clock postmeridian 
July 22, to 6 o’clock antemeridian August 3. 
[August 2, 1939] 
SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA AREA 
Herring fishery — Regulation No. 4 is amended to read as follows: All commer- 
cial fishing for herring, except for bait purposes, is prohibited in the waters along 
the west coasts of Chichagof and Baranof Islands, including the coasts of adjacent 
small islands, from Cape Cross to Cape Ommaney and along the southeast coast 
of Baranof Island from Cape Ommaney to the light at Port Armstrong. 
[August 5, 1939] 
Prince WiLuIAM SouND AREA 
Salmon fishery — Regulation No. 10 is amended to read as follows: Commercial 
fishing for salmon is prohibited during the remainder of each calendar year after 
6 o’clock postmeridian August 8: Provided, That this prohibition shall not apply 
(a) to trolling and gill netting through August 22 in the waters along the western 
coast from the outer point on the north shore of Granite Bay (known as Granite 
Bay Point) to the light on the south shore of the entrance to Port Nellie Juan, 
(b) to trolling in the period from 6 o’clock postmeridian August 8 to 6 o’clock 
postmeridian September 20 in the waters of Prince William Sound east of 147 
degrees west longitude, exclusive of all waters of Valdez Arm north of Point Free- 
mantle, and (c) to the operation of set or anchored gill nets in the period from 
? Pursuant to the Reorganization Act approved April 3, 1939, Reorganization Plan No. II dated May 9, 
1939, and Public Resolution No. 20 approved June 7, 1939, the Bureau of Fisheries was transferred from the 
Department of Commerce to the Department of the Interior, effective July 1, 1939, and the duties with 
pesneee to me protection of the fisheries of Alaska devolved, accordingly, upon the Secretary of the Interior 
as of that date. 
