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On the west coast of Princo of Wales Island, also, 5 purse-seine 

 boats, each with a crew of 5 men, most of whom wore Indians, were 

 seized for fishing in closed waters during August and Septem})er. Of 

 those, the Thelma Jane and the Adelia were found fishing near the 

 mouth of Stanoy Crook, the Loifi D near the mouth of Caldor Creek, 

 the Da-Kee-Noo in Little Soda Bay, a small indentation of Trocadero 

 Bay, and the Lilly near the mouth of a stream at the head of Keete 

 Inlet. Brought to trial before the United States Commissioner at 

 Craig, the defendants pleaded guilty and were assessed fines amount- 

 ing to $375 for the crew of each boat, upon payment of which the 

 boats were released to the owners. Each of the boats had a catch of 

 salmon on board at the time of seizure. These fish were sold to 

 local bu^vers and the proceeds, amounting to a total of $587.18, were 

 turned over to the Department of Justice. 



In the Seward-Katalla district 5 fishermen were arrested for fishing 

 in waters closed to commercial operations. One of these men, 

 charged with fishing within 500 yards of the grass banks on the Copper 

 River delta between Copper River and Pete Dahl sloughs, was taken 

 before the United States Commissioner at Cordova, where he pleaded 

 not guilty and was bound over to the grand jury. The case was later 

 dismissed. Another was fined $100 for fishing near the mouth of 

 Bear Creek; the sentence was suspended, and the seized gill net was 

 forfeited to the United States. Three of the fishermen were charged 

 with fishing in Cochrane Bay; the case against one was dismissed, as 

 it was found that he had not been connected with the activity; one 

 was fined $40, and upon failure to pay he was sentenced to serve 20 

 days in jail; and one was fined $50, although this was afterwards 

 suspended. 



A complaint was filed by local fishermen in Prince William Sound 

 against the Copper River Packing Co. for illegal operation of three 

 salmon traps after the close of the fishing season. The allegation was 

 that the tunnels from pots to spillers had not been disconnected with- 

 in 36 hours after the beginning of the closed period. At the end of 

 the year the case was still pending. 



Two gill-net fishermen were arrested for fishing from a small gas 

 boat in closed waters at the mouth of Kenai River on July 17. They 

 were tried before the local commissioner at Kenai and fined $15 each. 

 Twenty-five red salmon which were in the net at the time of the 

 seizure were sold to a local buyer and the proceeds were turned over 

 to the Department of Justice. 



Four fishermen operating beach seines in the Kodiak area for the 

 Washington Fish & Oyster Co. at Port Williams were charged with 

 violation of the act prohibiting aliens from fishing in the waters of 

 Alaska. Upon trial in the Commissioner's court at Kodiak they 

 pleaded guilty and were fined $100 each; they elected to serve out 

 their time in jail. Four shackles of gill not, found illegally fishing 

 during a weekly closed period, were seized on July 1 on the mainland 

 shore in the Kodiak area. The owners were not apprehended, and 

 the nets were turned over to the United States deputy marshal at 

 Kodiak for disposition. 



Charges were l)rought against the Alaska Packers Association at 

 Chignik and the superintendent of the cannery there for wanton 

 waste of salmon, as large numbers of short cuts of red salmon were 



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