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4. Commercial fishing for herring is prohibited in all waters closed throughout 

 the year to salmon fishing. 



5. The maintaining of a herring pound or the dumping of offal and dead herring 

 in the waters of Halibut Cove and Lagoon is prohibited. 



6. Gill nets used in catching herring shall not be of smaller mesh than 3 inches, 

 stretched measure. 



7. No one shall place, or cause to be placed, across the entrance of any lagoon 

 or bay any net or other device which will prevent the free passage at all times of 

 herring in and out of said lagoon or bay. 



Clam fishery. — The minumum size of razor clams taken for commercial purposes 

 is fixed at 43^ inches in total length of shell. Not more than 3 per cent by num- 

 ber of the clams taken may measure less than this minimum. 



VIII. RESURRECTION BAY AREA 



The Resurrection Bay area is hereby defined to include all territorial coastal 

 and tributary waters of the Gulf of Alaska between Point Gore on the west and 

 Cape Fairfield on the east. 



1. In the waters of Resurrection Bay within a line from Cape Resurrection 

 to the western side of Bear Glacier at its mouth, the 36-hour closed period for 

 salmon fishing prescribed by section 5 of the act of June 6, 1924, is hereby ex- 

 tended to include the period from 6 o'clock postmeridian of Friday of each week 

 until 6 o'clock antemeridian of the Monday following, making a weekh* closed 

 period of 60 hours. 



2. Commercial fishing for salmon within 1,500 yards of the mouths of Bear 

 Creek and Resurrection River is prohibited. 



IX. PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AREA 



The Prince William Sound area is hereby defined to include all territorial 

 coastal and tributary waters of the Gulf of Alaska between Cape Fairfield on the 

 west and Point Whitshed on the east. 



Salmon fishery. — 1. 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 period from 

 6 o'clock antemeridian of Saturday of each week until 6 o'clock antemeridian 

 of the Monday following, making a weekly closed period of 48 hours. 



2. Commercial fishing for salmon is prohibited from August 10 to August 25, 

 both dates inclusive, in each year. 



3. All set or anchored gill nets shall not exceed 100 yards each in length and 

 shall be placed in substantiaMy a straight line: Provided, That not to exceed 20 

 yards of each net may be used as a hook. Only one such hook is permitted on a 

 net. There shall be a distance interval of at least 200 yards both endwise and 

 laterally at all times between all set or anchored gill nets operated. 



4. All traps operated in the Prince William Sound area shall be at least 13^ 

 statute miles apart laterally, except traps operating at Montague Island. 



5. All commercial fishing for salmon is prohibited as follows: 



(a) Boswell Bay, indenting Hinchinbrook Island: All waters in the bay west 

 of 146 degrees 8 minutes west longitude. 



{b) Robe River, Lowe River, and other unnamed streams flowing into Port 

 Valdez in the immediate vicinity of Valdez: All waters within 1,000 yards of 

 the mouths. 



(f) Billy's Hole, tributary to Long Bay, between Valdez Arm and llnakwik 

 Inlet: AUwaters within a line drawn from Point Scott to Point Hook and passing 

 just westward of Observation Island. 



(d) Unakwik Inlet, indenting mainland on north shore of Prince WilliaTii Sound: 

 All waters north of an east and west line passing through the northern side of 

 the entrance to Jonah Bay. 



(e) Coghill River, tributary to College Fiord: All waters within 2,000 yards 

 outside of the mouth of the river. 



(/) Long Bay, tributary to Culross Passage: All waters within the bay. 



(g) Gumboot" Creek, on northwest shore of Eshamy Bay: All waters within 

 1,000 yards of the mouth of the creek. 



(/i) Eshamy Lagoon and its tributary waters: All waters within the lagoon 

 and its tributaries and within 50 yards outside the narrows at the entrance to the 

 lagoon. 



(i) Jackpot Bay: All waters within a line extending at right angles across its 

 mouth 2,000 yards below the mouth of the red-salmon stream emptying into the 

 bay. 



