ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1922. 9 



by the Executive order of August 11, 1916 (No. 2442), a reservation compris- 

 ing the islands, peninsulas, and lands adjoining the eastern end of the reser- 

 vation established by tlie said Executive order of March 3, 1913, and extending 

 in an easterly and northerly direction from Isanotski Strait to a line extending 

 from low-water mark at Foggy Cape on the eastern end of Sutwik Island to 

 low- water mark at Cape INIenshikof on the northern shore of the Alaska 

 Peninsula, including tlie Sliumagin Islands and all other islands, peninsulas, 

 or parts thereof within the described area, is hereby set apart as a preserve 

 to more ettectively insure the protection of tlie fisheries and for their encour- 

 agement and development. This latter reservation Is to be known as the 

 Alaska Peninsula Fislieries Reservation. 



It is hereby further ordered that all straits, bays, and other waters over 

 which the United States has jurisdiction by reason of their relation and 

 proximity to the islands, peninsulas, and other lands to which this order, as 

 well as the said order of March 3, 1913. applies, be, and the same are hereby, 

 reserved and set apart also as a preserve to more effectively insure the pro- 

 tection of the fisheries and for their encouragement and development. 



The Secretary of Commerce shall have power to make regulations for the 

 proper administration of the said Alaska Peninsula Fisheries Reservation and 

 the straits, bays, and other waters reserved by this Executive order. 



The establishment of the reservations under this Executive order shall not 

 interfere with the use of the waters, islands, or other lands for lighthouse, 

 military, naval, or other public purposes, nor with the use of any of said 

 islands or other lands under the laws of the United States for town-site 

 purposes, mining purposes, or grazing of animals thei*eupon, under rules and 

 regulations to be established by the Secretary of the Interior. 



Under authority of the above Executive order the department, 

 under date of April 18, 1922, issued the following regulations : 



1. I'or purpo.ses of administration the following six fishing districts are 

 created : 



(o) Port Ileiden district. — Extends along the Bering Sea shores of the reser- 

 vation from its eastern limit to the one hundred and sixtieth meridian of west 

 longitude. 



(b) Port MoUer district. — Extends along the Bering Sea shores of the reser- 

 vation from the one hundred and sixtieth meridian of west longitude to the 

 north entrance of Isanotski Strait (otherwise commonly known as False Pass), 

 which forms its western boundary. 



(c) Ikafaii district.—Includea Isanotski Strait south of its northern entrance 

 and extends thence along the Pacific shore of the i-eservation eastward to the 

 one hundred and sixty-first meridian of west longitude. 



(d) Slnimafiin d/«//;c^^Includes the Shuuiagui I>;lands and the mainland 

 shores and islands of the Pacific side of the reservation from the one hundred 

 and sixty-first to the one hundred and fifty-ninth meridian of west longitude. 



(e) Chianik dif^trict. — Extends from the one hundred and fifty-ninth meridian 

 of west longitude along the Pacific shores of the reservation to its eastern 

 margin. 



(/■) Aleutian Islands district. — Waters over which the United States has 

 jurisdiction from Isanotski Strait we.stward throughout the entire Aleutian 

 Islands reservation. 



2. No individual or concern shall engage in the business of catching, canning, 

 or preparing salmon, except for personal or family use and not for sale or 

 barter, within the above-stated di.stricts without first securing a permit from 

 the Secretary of Commerce. Applications for annual permits shall I)e addressed 

 on or before January 1.5 of each year to the Secretary of Commerce, Washing- 

 t<m. D. C, and shall give full information on the following points: (a) Name 

 and permanent addre.^s of person or corporation desiring permit; (b) charac- 

 ter of busine.ss proposed, whether fishing, canning, salting, or otherwise curing 

 fish; (c) character and extent of plant to be operated and its location; (d) 

 method and extent of fisliing proposed; (e) exact place or places where fishing 

 is to be carried on; if) number and kind of each class of fishing apparatus to Ite 

 used; (g) number of cases of salmon to be packed (based upon 48 one-pound 

 cans per case) or number of barrels of salmon to be salted or tierces of salmon 

 to be mild cured; (h) when operations are to begin; (i) if application is for 

 continuance of operations formerly conducted, the catch and pack of salmon by 

 species and the amount of each class of gear operated in the next preceding sei>- 



