14 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



7. Throughout the Cook Inlet and the Kodiak-Afognak districts the pack of 

 each plant shall be made exclusively from the proceeds of the fishiiis sear spe- 

 cifically allotted to It. Transfer of salmon from one plant to another will not he 

 permitted. 



8. Nothing in these regulations shall prevent the purchase of salmon from 

 natives, local inhabitants, or other individuals who have secured permits to fisii 

 within areas properly tributary to the cannery, but fish so purchased shall not 

 be in excess of the pack limit which may be allotted. 



9. No fishing for salmon shall be permitted in Chinik Inlet, Kamishak Bay, 

 within a line which joins the outer headlands of the inlet and passes outside 

 the two small islands which lie near its entrance. Markers shall be placed on 

 tlie headlands to designate the closed areas. 



10. In the Bristol Bay district the following regulations shall be in effect : 

 (a) In zone 2 it is permitted that fishing boats discharge their catch wherever 

 convenient, but lighters or other collecting boats shall not transport salmon 

 from the Nushagak fishing grounds to the canneries along the east shore, nor 

 from the Egegik-Naknek-Kvichak fishing grounds to the Nushagak canneries. 

 For the purposes of this regulation the fishing grounds off Cape Etolin shall be 

 considered as belonging to the Nushagak River, (ft) Fishing for salmon for 

 commercial purposes shall be conducted solely by the use of drift gill nets, 

 except that traps operated in tlie season of 1922 in the Nushagak i-egion may 

 continue to operate during the season of 1923. In 1924 and in subsequent years 

 no traps shall be driven or operated in the Bristol Bay district, (c) King sal- 

 mon nets shall have a mesh not less than 8* inches knit measure, and red-salmon 

 nets, after the season of 1923, a mesh not less than 5^ inches stretched measure 

 between knots. For the season of 1923 only, red-salmon nets will be permitted 

 with mesh as small as 5* inches, measured as above, (d) Companies operating 

 motor gill-net fishing boats during the season of 1922 may continue their use in 

 1923, but the use of motor fishing boats will not he permitted in the Bristol Bay 

 district after the season of 192.S. (e) Each fishing boat may be provided with 

 gill nets not to exceed in length 200 fathoms hung measure, (f) Fishing for 

 red salmon shall not begin prior to midnight of June 25 and shall close at or 

 before midnight of July 25 of each year; but each cannery may operate one 

 commissary net at any time to supply fresh salmon for the mess. Salmon traps 

 shall not be operated prior to midnight of June 25. ((/) Fishing for king sal- 

 mon with drift gill nets having a mesh not less than 84 inches knit measure is 

 permitted prior to June 26, as well as after that date; but the total length of 

 gill nets employed by any fishing boat at one time shall not exceed 200 fathoms. 



11. These regulations shall be subject to .such annual revision by the Secre- 

 tary of Commerce as may appear advisable in view of the investigation and the 

 experience of the preceding season. They shall be in full force and effect im- 

 mediately from and after date of issue. 



AFOGNAK RESERVATION". 



During? the 1922 salmon-fishing season 60 Afognak and Uzinki 

 (Spruce Island) natives were granted permits to engage in commer- 

 cial fishing in the Afognak Reservation. These natives operated 19 

 beach seines, averaging 125 fathoms in length, 5 at Malina, 6 at 

 Paramanoff, 4 at Seal Bay, and 4 at Little Afognak, with 15 natives 

 working at each locality. 



On May 25 fishing was begun at Malina and on September 6 ended 

 at Little Afognak. During this period 173,255 salmon of all species 

 were taken within the reservation, of which 84,411 were purchased 

 by the Kadiak Fisheries Co. and 88,844 by the Katmai Packing Co. 



At the principal bays closed seasons were imposed, as has been the 

 custom for many years, in order to insure against overfishing and 

 to provide sufficient escapement to the spawning grounds. Warden 

 William E. Baumann, who was in charge of the general enforcement 

 of the fisheries laws and the patrol work of the Afognak Reserva- 

 tion, established these close periods at the height of the red-salmon 

 runs in the various localities. 



