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3. The total aggregate length of gill nets on any salmon fishing boat, or in use 

 by such boat, shall not exceed 150 fathoms hung measure. 



4. King-salmon gill nets shall have a mesh of at least S}^ inches stretched meas- 

 ure between knots, and red-salmon gill nets shall have a mesh of at least 5% inches 

 stretched measure between knots as measured when actually in use. No red- 

 salmon gill net shall be over 28 meshes deep. 



5. Commercial fishing for salmon is prohibited except in the period from 6 

 o'clock antemeridian June 5 to 6 o'clock postmeridian July 31 in each year. 



6. The combined take of king and red salmon for commercial purposes shall 

 not exceed 250,000 fish in any calendar year. 



7. Each gill net in operation shall be marked by a cluster of floats or corks at 

 the ends, and double floats or corks shall be attached to the cork line at 25-fathom 

 intervals. The clusters of floats or corks at the ends and the double floats or 

 corks at the 25-fathom intervals shall be painted bright red. The clusters at the 

 ends shall also be legibly and plainly marked with the initials of the operator. 

 In addition, metal markers bearing the initials of the operator shall be attached 

 to the ends of each gill-net cork line and at 25-fathom intervals along the cork line. 



8. The trailing of web behind any fishing boat is prohibited above the markers 

 fixing closed waters. 



9. The use of motor-propelled fishing boats in catching salmon with gill nets 

 is prohibited. 



Herring fishery. — Regulation No. 2 is amended to read as follows: Commercial 

 fishing for herring in the waters of Golofnin Bay, within a line from the southern 

 extremity of Rocky Point to the southern extremity of Cape Darby, shall be 

 conducted solely by gill nets of mesh not less than 2% inches stretched measure 

 between knots. 



Alaska Peninsula Area 



Salmon fishery. — ^Regulation No. 1 is amended to read as follows: In the waters 

 of Nelson Lagoon, and thence along the coast to Cape Seniavin, including Nelson 

 Lagoon, Herendeen Bay, Port Moller, and the fishing grounds off the Bear, 

 Sandy, and Ocean Rivers, 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 periods 

 from 6 o'clock postmeridian until 6 o'clock antemeridian of each night from 

 Monday to Friday, inclusive, making a weekly closed period in these waters of 

 96 hours, which shall be effective throughout the entire salmon fishing season 

 of each year. 



Cook Inlet Area 



Salmon fishery. — Regulation No. 13 (j) is amended to read as follows: Along 

 the mainland coast on the east side of Cook Inlet (1) from a point north of Boulder 

 Point at 60 degrees 46 minutes 18 seconds north latitude, 151 degrees 15 minutes 

 40 seconds west longitude, southerly to a point at 60 degrees- 44 minutes 1 second 

 north latitude, 151 degrees 19 minutes 58 seconds west longitude; (2) from a point 

 at 60 degrees 43 minutes 44 seconds north latitude, 151 degrees 22 minutes 12 

 seconds west longitude, southerly to a point at 60 degrees 19 minutes 39 seconds 

 north latitude, 151 degrees 23 minutes 24 seconds Avest longitude, exclusive of 

 2y2 statute miles each side of the mouth of Kenai River, 2}^ statute miles each 

 side of the mouth of Kasilof River, and 1 statute mile each side of the mouths of 

 all other salmon streams; and (3) from a point at 60 degrees 18 minutes 48 seconds 

 north latitude, 151 degrees 23 minutes 20 seconds west longitude, southerly to 

 a point 2 statute miles northward from the mouth of Anchor Point River, exclusive 

 of 2 statute miles each side of the mouth of Ninilchik River, 2 statute miles each 

 side of the mouth of Deep Creek, 1 statute mile each side of the mouths of all 

 other salmon streams and exclusive of the coast within 6,000 feet of a point at 

 59 degrees 57 minutes 50 seconds north latitude, 151 degrees 44 minutes 17 seconds 

 west longitude. 



Southeastern Alaska Area 



western district 



Salmon fishery. — Regulation No. 19 (c) is hereby amended to read as follows: 

 Baranof Island: From a point 14 statute mile south of Point Thatcher to Point 

 Lull, exclusive of the coast between 57 degrees 22 minutes 30 seconds north lati- 

 tude and 57 degrees 23 minutes 30 seconds north latitude. 



