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Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers by native Indians and bona fide white 

 inhabitants under such restrictions as may be prescribed by the Sec- 

 retary of Commerce. Heretofore all commercial fishing has been 

 prohibited in these rivers and within 500 yards of their mouths. 



Public, No. 372, approved June 16, 1934, repeals all acts and parts 

 of acts making it unlawful to kill sea lions in the waters of the 

 Territory of Alaska, and in substance provides that sea lions may be 

 killed in the waters of Alaska only in accordance with rules and 

 regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce. The regula- 

 tions which have been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of 

 this act provide that sea lions may be killed by natives for food or 

 clothing, by miners or explorers when in need of food, or by anyone 

 in the necessary protection of property, or while such animals are 

 destroying salmon and other food fish. 



Public, No. 447. approved June 21, 1934, authorizes an appropria- 

 tion of $500,000 for the preparation of plans, specifications, and for 

 the construction and equipment of a fisheries research vessel to be 

 maintained and operated under the supervision of the Secretary of 

 Commerce. No appropriation, however, has as yet been made. 



Public, No. 464, approved June 25, 1934, authorizes the formation 

 of associations of producers of aquatic products. This act extends 

 to the producers of aquatic products the same privileges which have 

 been extended to producers of agricultural products by the act of 

 February 18, 1922 (42 Stat. 388). In other words, it permits the 

 producers of aquatic products to form associations for the purpose 

 of collectively producing, marketing, and harvesting aquatic products. 



Public Resolution No. 19, approved April 16, 1934, extends to the 

 whaling and fishing industries the same benefits granted under section 

 11 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, as amended. This act pro- 

 vides for loans for the construction, outfitting, equipment, recon- 

 ditioning, remodeling, and improvement of vessels engaged in the 

 whaling and fishing industries and is administered by the United 

 States Shipping Board Bureau. 



Public, No. 120, approved March 10, 1934, provides for the estab- 

 lishment of fish and game sanctuaries, subject to certain restrictions 

 and limitations, and provides that the Secretaries of Agriculture and 

 Commerce shall execute the provisions of the act, and authorizes them 

 to make all needful rules and regulations for the administration of 

 such fish and game sanctuaries or refuges as may be established pur- 

 suant to the provisions of the act. 



Public, No. 121, approved March 10, 1934, commonly known as the 

 " Federal Coordination Act ", has for its purpose the conservation 

 of wildlife — fish and game. 



Public, No. 417, approved June 19, 1934, provides for loans for 

 the purpose of financing the production, storage, handling, packing, 

 processing, carrying, and/or orderW marketing of fish of American 

 fisheries and/or products thereof. This act is being administered 

 by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. 



Public, No. 381, approved June 18, 1934, authorizes production 

 credit associations to make loans to oyster planters. This act is being 

 administered by the Farm Credit Administration. 



