74 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



VIII. RESURRECTION BAY AREA 



The Resurrection Bay area is hereby defined to include all territorial coaistal 

 and tributary waters of the Gulf of Alaska between Point Gore on the west and 

 Cape Fairfield on the east. 



Salmon fishery. — 1. The use of any trap 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 boat, shall not exceed 200 fathoms hung measure. 



3. No set or anchored gill net shall exceed 300 yards in length, and each shall 

 be set in substantially a straight line: Provided, That not to exceed 20 yards of 

 each net may be used as a hook. Only one such hook is permitted on a net. 

 There shall be a distance interval of at least 200 yards, both endwise and laterally, 

 at all times between all set or anchored gill nets operated. 



4. King salmon nets shall have a mesh at least 83^ inches stretched measure 

 between knots, and red salmon nets shall have a mesh at least 53^ inches stretched 

 measure between knots, as measured when actually in use. 



5. Prior to 6 o'clock antemeridian June 6 in each year commercial fishing for 

 salmon with nets of mesh less than 83^ inches stretched measure between knots 

 is prohibited. 



6. Commercial fishing for salmon is prohibited during the remainder of each 

 calendar year after 6 o'clock postmeridian September 23. 



7. In the waters of Resurrection Ba,v, within a line from Cape Resurrection 

 to the western side of Bear Glacier at its mouth, the 36-hour closed period for 

 salmon fishing prescribed by section 5 of the act of June 6, 1924, is hereby extended 

 to include the period from 6 o'clock postmeridian of Friday of each week until 6 

 o'clock antemeridian of the Monday following, making a weekly closed period 

 of 60 hours: Provided, That this extension shall not be effective after August 23 

 in each year. 



8. Commercial fishing for salmon within 1,000 yards of the mouths of Bear 

 Creek and Resurrection River is prohibited at all times; and in the period from 

 June 7 to August 23, both dates inclusive, commercial fishing for salmon is pro- 

 hibited within 1,700 yards of the mouths of these streams. 



Steelhead 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 43^ 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. 



IX. PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AREA 



The Prince William Sound area is hereby defined to include all territorial 

 coastal and tributary waters of the Gulf of Alaska between Cape Fairfield on 

 the west and Point Whitshed on the east. 



Salmon fishery. — 1. 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. 



2. No salmon-fishing boat shall carry or operate more than one seine of any 

 description, and no additional net of any kind shall be carried on such boat. 

 No purse seine shall be less than 125 meshes nor more than 150 meshes in depth, 

 nor less than 90 fathoms nor more than 150 fathoms in length measured on the 

 cork line. For the purpose of determining depths of seines, measurements will 

 be upon the basis of 33^ inches stretched measure between knots. No extension 

 to any seine in the way of leads will be permitted. 



3. No set or anchored gill net shall exceed 300 yards in length, and each shaU 

 be set in substantially a straight line: Provided, That not to exceed 20 yards of 

 each net may be used as a hook. Only one such hook is permitted on a net. 

 There shall be a distance interval of at least 200 yards both endwise and laterally 

 at all times between all set or anchored gill nets operated. 



4. The use of purse seines and beach seines for the capture of salmon is pro- 

 hibited 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. 



5. The 36-hour closed period for salmon fishing prescribed by section 5 of the 

 act of June 6, 1924, is hereby extended to include the period from 6 o'clock 

 antemeridian of Saturday of each week until 6 o'clock antemeridian of the Mon- 

 day following, making a weekly closed peri6d of 48 hours: Provided, That this 

 extension shall not be effective after 6 o'clock antemeridian August 23 in each 

 year. 



