ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 19 3 3 257 



A floating trap of tlie Alaska Pacific Salmon Corporation was 

 seized for not having the tunnel properly closed and the spillers 

 raised to ^vithin 4 feet of the surface during the closed period before 

 the beginning of the salmon fishing season. Ccmdemnation proceed- 

 ings were fileil at the Connnissioner's Court at Juneau, but on recom- 

 mendation of the United States attorney they were dismissed. 



Five seine boats in southeastern Alaska, the John Qiumette^ Teaser^ 

 Bernicc, CoUette^ and Cedrie^ were seized for illegal fishing in closed 

 waters. Pleas of guilty were entered by the defendants in each case, 

 and fines were imposed, ranging from $50 to $;iTr) for the several 

 boats and aggregating $1,250, exclusive of costs. The operator of the 

 gas boat Norma Jmie was fined $75 and costs of $29.75 for using a 

 beach seine in Smeaton Baj^, in which locality this type of gear is 

 prohibited. 



In the Seward-Katalla district a trap belonging to William King 

 and W. J. Crooker was seized because it was not constructed s(j as to 

 prevent the capture of salmon during the closed period, and the 

 defendants paid a fine of $200. In this area, also, a fisherman was 

 fined $25, including costs, for taking undersized razor clams, and 

 another was given a 20-day suspended sentence for using an anchored 

 gill net in the Copper River region, where only drift gill nets are 

 permitted. The clams and salmon illegally taken were confiscated 

 and sold, the proceeds being turned over to the Department of Justice. 



A 78-fathom gill net, of which 15 fathoms were used as a hook, was 

 operated by Harry W. Crosby off the shore of Chignik Island in 

 violation of the regulation which limited the length of anchored gill 

 nets in this area to 25 fathoms, of which not more than 12 fathoms 

 might be used as a hook. The net and a skiff were seized, and the 

 salmon were confiscated and sold for the account of the Government. 

 At the close of the year the case was still pending. 



Two gill-net boats of the Alaska Packers Association were found 

 violating the regulations in the Bristol Bay area, the R-JfS off the 

 Naknek River with net in the water a half-hour after the beginning 

 of a weekly closed period, and boat No. 38 above the markers in upper 

 Kvichak Bay. Hearings Avere held before the local commissioner 

 and in view of extenuating circumstances the men, boats, and gear 

 were released. 



TERRITORIAL FISHERY LEGISLATION 



At its biennial session in 198-3 the Legislature of Alaska passed 

 6 acts which have reference to the fisheries of the Territory. 



Appropriations for the payment of bounty on hair seals, which 

 are destructive to salmon and other fishes in certain localities, were 

 made in 2 acts, 1 of which included also an appropriation of $15,000 

 for the improvement of salmon spawning streams and the destruction 

 of jnedatory enemies of salmon. 



An act was passed repealing chapter 95 of the laws of 1923, which 

 provided for closed seasons on salmon fishing in southeast Alaska 

 in additi(m to the lestrictions imposed by regulations of the Depart- 

 ment of Commerce. 



The law of 1927 relative to a tax of one-tenth of 1 cent per pound 

 on fresh fish purchased by fish dealers was amended to make the 

 tax applicable only to such fish purchased in excess of 400,000 pounds. 



