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VII. COOK INLET AREA 



The Cook Inlet area is hereby defined to include Cook Inlet, its tributary 

 waters, and all adjoining waters north of Cape Douglas and west of Point Gore. 

 The Barren Islands are included within this area. 



Salmon fishery. — 1. Commercial fishing for salmon is prohibited from 6 o'clock 

 postmeridian August 10 to 6 o'clock antemeridian August 25, and for the re- 

 mainder of each year after 6 o'clock postmeridian September 30. 



2. The use of purse seines and floating traps for the capture of salmon is 

 prohibited. 



3. The distance by most direct water measurement from any part of one 

 trap to any part of another trap shall not be less than 2,500 feet. 



4. Twenty-five feet of the heart walls on each side next to the pot and the 

 bottom strip of wire of the pots of all hand traps shall be removed during the 

 closed season for commercial salmon fishing from 6 o'clock postmeridian August 

 10 to 6 o'clock antemeridian August 25 of each calendar year. 



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

 by such boat, shall not exceed 200 fathoms hung measure. 



6. Stake and anchored gill nets shall be operated in substantiallj^ a straight 

 line. 



7. The use of any trap for the capture of salmon is prohibited within 2 statute 

 miles of the mouths of Chuit River and Bishop and Swansons Creeks. 



8. The use of any trap for the capture of salmon is prohibited in Kachemak 

 Bay within a line from Nubble Point to the outermost point of Homer Spit. 



9. All commercial fishing is prohibited, as follows: 



(a) Within 2 statute miles of the mouths of Kasilof and Kenai Rivers, and 

 within 1 statute mile of all other salmon streams. 



(b) Turnagain Arm and Knik Arm : All waters above a line from Point Posses- 

 sion to the western limit of the closed area around the mouth of the Susitna 

 River. 



(c) Chinik Inlet, Kamishak Bay: All waters within the inlet. 



(d) Kachemak Bay: All waters above a line from Indian Island to a point 

 on the opposite shore one-half mile below the mouth of Swift Creek. 



Steelhead fishery. — Commercial fishing for steelhead trout shall be subject to 

 the provisions of law and the regulations applicable to commercial fishing for 

 salmon. 



Herring fishery.— 1. Commercial fishing for herring is prohibited during the 

 period from January 1 to July 14, both dates inclusive, in each calendar year. 

 Commercial fishing for herring, except by set and drift gill nets, is also pro- 

 hibited from November 1 to December 31, both dates inclusive, in each cal- 

 endar year. 



2. Commercial fishing for herring in Halibut Cove, including the waters within 

 a line from the western end of Ismailof Island to the outermost point on Glacier 

 Spit, is limited to gill nets. 



3. Commercial fishing for herring in Halibut Cove Lagoon is limited to set 

 gill nets not exceeding 50 fathoms in length, hung measure. All such nets shall 

 be anchored in a substantial manner not less than 150 yards apart. 



4. Nets operatM within areas marked at the north and south ends of Halibut 

 Cove Lagoon shall be anchored at right angles to the line joining the markers. 

 Nets operated between these areas shall be anchored in a general direction 

 paralleling the shore line. 



5. The closed seasons herein specified for commercial herring fishing shall not 

 apply to the taking of herring for bait purposes in waters otherwise open to 

 fishing. 



6. The maintaining of a herring pound or the dumping of offal and dead herring 

 in the waters of Halibut Cove and Lagoon is prohibited. 



7. Gill nets used in catching herring shall not be of smaller mesh than 3 inches 

 stretched measure. 



8. No one shall place, or cause to be placed, across the entrance of any lagoon 

 or bay any net or other device which will prevent the free passage at all times 

 of herring in and out of said lagoon or bay. 



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. 



