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which fishing is prohibited by specific provisions of this Act, but the Secretary 

 of Commerce through the creation of such areas and the estabhshment of closed 

 seasons ma.y further extend the restrictions and hmitations imijosed upon fishing 

 by specific provisions of this or any other Act of Congress. 



It shall be unlawful to import or bring into the Territory of Alaska, for pur- 

 poses other than personal use and not for sale or barter, salmon from waters 

 outside the jurisdiction of the United States taken during any closed period 

 provided for by this Act or regulations made thereunder. 



Sec. 2. In all creeks, streams, or rivers, or in any other bodies of water in 

 Alaska, over which the United States has jurisdiction, in which salmon run, and 

 in which now or hereafter there exist racks, gateways, or other means by which 

 the number in a run may be counted or estimated with substantial accuracy, 

 there shall be allowed an escapement of not less than 50 per centum of the total 

 number thereof. In such waters the taking of more than 50 per centum of the 

 run of such fish is hereby prohibited. It is hereby declared to be the intent 

 and policy of Congress that in all waters of Alaska in which salmon run there 

 shall be an escapement of not less than 50 per centum thereof, and if in any year 

 it shall appear to the Secretary of Commerce that the run of fish in any waters 

 has diminished, or is diminishing, there shall be required a correspondingly 

 increased escapement of fish therefrom. 



Sec. 3. Section 3 of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act for the protection 

 and regulation of the fisheries of Alaska," approved June 26, 1906, is amended 

 to read as follows: 



"Sec. 3. That it shall be unlawful to erect or maintain any dam, barricade, 

 fence, trap, fish wheel, or other fixed or stationary obstruction, except for purposes 

 of fish culture, in any of the waters of Alaska at any point where the distance from 

 shore to shore is less than one' thousand feet, or within five hundred yards of the 

 mouth of any creek, stream, or river into which salmon run, excepting the Karluk 

 and Ugashik Rivers, with the purpose or result of capturing salmon or preventing 

 or impeding their ascent to the spawning grounds, and the Secretary of Commerce 

 is hereby authorized and directed to have any and all such unlawful obstructions 

 removed or destroyed. For the purposes of this section, the mouth of such creek, 

 stream, or river shall be taken to be the point determined as such mouth by the 

 Secretary of Commerce and marked in accordance with this determination. It 

 shall be unlawful to lay or set any seine or net of any kind within one hundred 

 yards of any other seine, net, or other fishing appliance which is being or which 

 has been laid or set in any of the waters of Alaska, or to drive or to construct 

 any trap or any other fixed fishing appliance within six hundred yards laterally 

 or within one hundred yards endwise of any other trap or fixed fishing appliance." 



Sec. 4. Section 4 of said Act of Congress approved June 26, 1906, is amended 

 to read as follows: 



"Sec. 4. That is shall be unlawful to fish for, take, or kill any salmon of any 

 species or by any means except by hand rod, spear, or gaff in any of the creeks, 

 streams, or rivers of Alaska; or within five hundred yards of the mouth of any 

 such creek, stream, or river over which the United States has jurisdiction, ex- 

 cepting the Karluk and Ugashik Rivers: Provided, That nothing contained 

 herein shall prevent the taking of fish for local food requirements or for use as 

 dog feed." 



Sec. 5. Section 5 of said Act of Congress approved June 26, 1906, is amended 

 to read as follows: 



"Sec. 5. That it shall be unlawful to fish for, take, or kill any salmon of any 

 species in any manner or by any means except by hand rod, spear, or galT for 

 personal use and not for sale or barter in any of the waters of Alaska over which 

 the United States has jurisdiction from six o'clock postmeridian of Saturday of 

 each week until six o'clock antemeridian of the Monday following, or during 

 such further closed time as may be declared by authority now or hereafter con- 

 ferred, but such authority shall not be exercised to prohibit the taking of fish 

 for local food requirements or for use as dog feed. Whenever the Secretary of 

 Commerce shall find that conditions in any fishing area make such action advis- 

 able, he may advance twelve hours both the opening and ending time of the 

 minimum thirtj- -six-hour closed period herein stipulated. Throughout the 

 weekly closed season herein prescribed the gate, mouth, or tunnel of all stationary 

 and floating traps shall be closed, and twenty-five feet of the webbing or net of 

 the 'heart' of such traps on each side next to the 'pot' shall be lifted or lowered 

 in such manner as to permit the free passage of salmon and other fishes." 



Sec. 6. Any person, company, corporation, or association violating any pro- 

 vision of this Act or of said Act of Congress approved June 26, 1906, or of any 

 regulation made under the authority of either, shall, upon conviction thereof, 



