ALASKA FISHEEY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1924 71 



Therefore the said Executive order of November 3, 1922, creating the South- 

 western Alaska Fisheries Reservation is hereby revoked. 



This revocation shall not affect the Executive order of March 3, 1913, creating 

 the Aleutian Islands Reservation, which shall remain in full force and effect. 



Calvin Coolidge. 

 The White House, 



June 7, 192 i. 



Under date of June 7, 1924, an act for the protection of the North 

 Pacific haUbut fishery was approved, the text of which is as follows: 



An Act for the Protection of the Northern Pacific Halibut Fishery 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assembled. 



Section 1. Short title. — This Act may be cited as the Northern Pacific 

 Hahbut Act. 



Sec. 2. Definition of terms. — For the purposes of this Act "close season" 

 shall mean the period from the 16th day of November in any year to the 15th 

 day of February in the next following year, both days inclusive, or any other 

 close season hereafter fixed by agreement between the United States and Canada; 

 "territorial waters of the United States" shall mean the waters contiguous to' 

 the western coast of the United States and the waters contiguous to the coast 

 of Alaska; "territorial waters of Canada" shall mean the waters contiguous to 

 the western coast of Canada, and "prohibited waters" shall mean the territorial 

 waters of the United States, the territorial waters of Canada, and the high seas, 

 including Bering Sea, extending westerly from the limits of the territorial waters 

 of the United States and of Canada. 



Sec. 3. Fishing unlawful, when. — It shall be unlawful for any person to 

 fish for, or catch, or attempt to catch, any halibut (Hippoglossus) at any time 

 during the close season in the territorial waters of the United States, or for any 

 national or inhabitant of the United States to fish for, or catch, or attempt to 

 catch, any halibut at any time during the close season in prohibited waters. 

 The unintentional catching of halibut, when legally fishing for other species of 

 fish, shall not constitute a violation of this Act if such halibut shall be used for 

 food by the crew of the vessel catching the same, or be landed and immediately 

 delivered to any authorized official of the Bureau of Fisheries of the Department 

 of Commerce of the United States or the fishing authorities' of the Dominion of 

 Canada. The halibut delivered to an}' official of the United States pursuant to 

 the provisions of this section shall be sold by the Department of Commerce to the 

 highest bidder for cash and the proceeds therefrom, exclusive of necessary ex- 

 penses in connection therewith, shall be covered into the Treasury of the United 

 States. 



Sec. 4. Unlawful port use; departures. — No person, firm, or corporation 

 shall use any port of or place in the United States to furnish, prepare, or outfit 

 any vessel, boat, or other craft intended to be used in violation of this Act, nor 

 shall any person permit, or cause to be permitted, any vessel, boat, or other craft 

 intended to be used in violation of this Act to depart from any port of or place 

 in the United States. 



Sec. 5. Unlawful port entry; possession. — It shall be unlawful for any 

 vessel, boat, or other craft having on board an,y halibut caught contrary to the 

 provisions of this Act to enter any port or place in the United States, or for any 

 vessel, boat, or other craft to enter any such port or place while upon or in the 

 prosecution of any voyage during which the vessel, boat, or other craft fished 

 or was used in fishing for halibut in prohibited waters in the close season. It 

 shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to have in his possession any halibut 

 unlawfully caught under the provisions of this Act. 



Sec. 6. Penalty. — Any person violating any of the provisions of this Act 

 shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more 

 than one year, or both. 



Sec. 7. Patrols; searches. — The President shall cause a patrol of naval or 

 other public vessels designated by him to be maintained in such places and 

 waters as to him shall seem expedient for enforcing this Actj and any officer of 

 any vessel engaged in such service, and any other officers designated by the 

 President, may search any vessel, boat, or other craft in the territorial waters of 

 the United States and any vessel, boat, or other craft of the United States on 



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