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superintendent of the company, through his attorney, pleaded guilty 

 in the United States district court and was fined $1,000 and costs 

 of $8. The traps were released to the owners. 



Two cases that have been before the court at Juneau since July 

 13, 1926, in connection with the seizure of traps (one owned by P. E, 

 Harris & Co. and one by the Alaska Pacific Fisheries), the watchmen 

 of which were found not guilty on trial, have been closed, the traps 

 being condemned and sold under court order for $450 and $80, 

 respectively. The case against the Alaska Pacific Fisheries in con- 

 nection with a trap seized in 1924 was dismissed. 



In southeastern Alaska, also, a number of salmon trollers were 

 arrested for fishing during weekly closed periods. In every case the 

 defendants pleaded guilty and fines were imposed, upon payment of 

 which the boats, gear, and equipment were released to the owners. 

 Fines of $60 each, together with costs of $4.80 (in one case the costs 

 amounted to $5.30 because imposition of the sentence was continued), 

 were imposed on the operators of 11 boats found fishing in waters off 

 the southern shore of Baranof Island. Another troller in this locality 

 was fined $110 and costs of $5.80. Two men trolling during the 

 weekly closed period on the Elk and Olga were fined $350 and costs 

 of $6.35. A fine of $100, with costs of $3.85, was imposed on the 

 operator of the gas boat Islander, found trolling in lower Chatham 

 Strait near Woden Island; and two trollers operating the power 

 boats Olive and T-1505 in the Stikine district were each fined $10 

 and costs of $7.70. 



The gas boats Era 202- T and Mahel C were found fishing during a 

 weekly closed period in the closed area of Gut Bay, Baranof Island. 

 The masters pleaded guilty and were fined $5 and costs of $2.50. 

 W. C. Lewis, an Indian operating the seine boat Vivian June, was 

 fined $400 and costs of $7.60 for fishing in closed waters in Red Bluff 

 Bay. Fines of $150 each were imposed on the master and a part 

 owner of the gas boat Stranger and $100 on the deck hand for fishing 

 above the markers at Sockeye Creek, Boca de Quadra. The gas 

 boat Sveta Ana was seized at Sitka for fishing herring seines in the 

 closed area of Redfish Bay. The master pleaded guilty before the 

 court commissioner at Juneau and a fine of $400 and costs of $6.85 

 were assessed, upon payment of which the boat was released. The 

 gas boat M <& M, found fishing inside the prohibited area at the 

 mouth of Hetta Creek, was seized and subsequently sold for $460. 



Cases were brought before the United States commissioner's court 

 at Cordova against three clam diggers for taking imdersized razor 

 clams for commercial purposes in the Copper River district. In each 

 case the defendant pleaded guilty and was assessed a fine of $10 and 

 costs of $12.50. The clams seized from the defendants were sold for 

 $32.30, check for which was turned over to the Department of Justice. 



Three salmon fishermen were fined $25 each in the commissioner's 

 court at Cordova after entering pleas of guilty to a charge of fishing 

 in a forbidden area. 



Traps installed north of the mouth of Chuit River in Cook Inlet 

 by the Alaska General Fisheries and Frank Smith were foimd to be 

 less than the required distance interval of 1 mile apart. The owners 

 were notified that on completion of the second trap both would be 

 illegal structures, subject to seizure and confiscation. The Alaska 

 General Fisheries applied to the district court at Anchorage for an 



