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6. Commercial fishing for salmon is prohibited prior to 6 o'clock antemeridian 

 June 1 and after 6 o'clock postmeridian October 1 in each year. 



7. Commercial fishing for salmon is prohibited in the waters surrounding 

 Nakchamik and Chankliut Islands. 



8. 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, except in Chignik 

 Lagoon, where there shall be a distance interval of not less than 10 statute miles 

 laterally between any two traps on the north shore or on the south shore of 

 Chignik Lagoon. Chignik Island shall be considered as a part of the south 

 shore of the lagoon. 



Stcelhead 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. — It is prohibited to take for commercial purposes any razor clam 

 measuring less than 4}^ 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. 



VI. KODI.\K .A.RE.\ 



The Kodiak area is hereby defined to include the waters of the mainland shore 

 extending from Cape Douglas southwest ward to Cape Kumnik and the terri- 

 torial coastal and tributary waters of Alaska surrounding Kodiak and adjacent 

 islands, but excluding the waters embraced within the Afognak Forest and 

 Fish Culture Reserve established bv presidential proclamation of December 24, 

 1892. 



Salmon fishery. — 1. The use of purse seines and floating traps for the capture 

 of salmon is prohibited. 



2. The total aggregate length of gill nets on any salmon fishing boat, or in 

 use by such t:)oat, shall not exceed 200 fathoms hung measure. 



3. iStake and anchored gill nets shall be operated in substantially a straight 

 line. 



4. Commercial fishing for salmon in Alitak Bay and all its branches within 

 a line from Cape Trinity to Cape Alitak prior to 6 o'clock antemeridian June 15 

 in each j-ear is prohibited. 



5. Commercial fishing for salmon within a line from Cape Trinity to Cape 

 Alitak shall be conducted solely by beach seines and traps, but no fishing for 

 salmon shall be permitted inside a line from Bun Point through Turn Island at 

 the entrance of AIo.ser Bay to Akhiok village. 



6. The take of salmon within waters in which the runs are tributary to Olga 

 Bay shall not exceed 50 per cent of the total run as determined at the weirs on 

 tributary waters of Olga Bay operated by the Bureau of Fisheries. 



7. Commercial fishing for salmon in Karluk waters, e.xtending from Cape 

 Karluk to West Point, prior to 6 o'clock antemeridian June 1 and after 6 o'clock 

 postmeridian October 1 in each year is prohibited. The take of red salmon in 

 these waters shall not exceed 50 per cent of the total run as determined at the 

 weir in Karluk River operated by the Bureau of Fisheries. 



8. Commercial fishing for salmon between Cape Karluk and Cape Uyak, 

 except by beach seines, and between Cape Uyak and Uyak Postoffice, except 

 by beach seines and gill nets, is prohibited. 



9. Commercial fishing for salmon in East Arm, Uganik Bay, within a line 

 from Mink Point to Rock Point and including the sand spit locally known as 

 " The Packer's Spit," is prohibited prior to 6 o'clock antemeridian July 21 in 

 each calendar year. 



10. Commercial fishing for salmon in all waters of Kizhuyak Bay within a line 

 from Kekur Point to Inner Point is prohibited prior to 6 o'clock antemeridian 

 July 21 in each calendar year. 



11. Commercial fishing for salmon in all waters of Ugak Bay within a line 

 from Gull Point to Narrow Cape is prohibited prior to 6 o'clock antemeridian 

 July 21 in each calendar j'ear. 



12. Commercial fishing for salmon in all waters of Kiliuda Bay within a line 

 from Right Cape to Left Cape is prohibited prior to 6 o'clock antemeridian 

 July 21 in each calendar year. 



13. The distance Ijy most direct water measurement from any part of one 

 trap to any part of another trap, except in those waters of Alitak' Bay in which 

 the runs are tributary to streams where counting weirs are maintained, shall 

 not be less than 1 statute mile. 



