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was imposed in the case of the Atlas, which fished in closed waters of 
Shipley Bay, and the salmon aboard the vessel at the time of the seizure 
were confiscated and sold for $67.66. Crew members of the Isabelle R, 
Eagle, and Dorothy D, which operated in closed waters of Trocadero 
Bay, Shipley Bay, and off San Fernando Island, respectively, were 
fined $50 each, or a total of $700. Seized fish from the Isabelle R were 
sold for $132. 39 and from the Eagle for $255, while those from the 
Dorothy D were dumped, as they had been held too long for canning. 
Fines amounting to $150 were imposed in the case against the seine 
boat since for fishing within 500 yards of the mouth of a salmon 
stream on San Fernando Island, the captain being assessed $50 and 
each of thie crew $25. For a similar violation of the regulations in 
that locality the captain and each of the 4 crew members ‘of the Lilly 
were fined $75 and $50, respectively, as it was the second time this 
boat had been found fishing inside markers of salmon streams in the 
last 2 years. Salmon that ee aboard the Skeeziks at the time of 
the seizure were sold for $22 
The captain and crew of ihe. Eagle March, found fishing within 500 
yards of the mouth of a salmon stream on the southwest shore of Prince 
of Wales Island, pleaded guilty and were given a 60-day suspended 
sentence, in view of extenuating circumstances. Six hundred and 
twenty salmon seized from this boat brought $39.62. Operators of 
the seine boat U & J, upon trial before the Commissioner at Juneau, 
pleaded guilty to the charge of fishing illegally in closed waters of 
Hanus Bay and were fined $150. 
The gas boats Inger and Agnes Ann, each operated by two men, 
were found gill-netting for salmon in Barnes Lake on June 29. Fines 
totaling $400, plus costs of $10 for a watchman, were assessed, and 
one of the men was given a 60-day suspended sentence. Seized fish 
from the boats were sold for $116.40. The owner of the troll boat 
31A750, charged with illegally fishing for salmon near Morris Reef 
during a weekly closed period, was fined $25 by the Commissioner at 
Juneau. <A fisherman of Petersburg was arrested for taking under- 
sized and soft-shelled crabs at Grief ‘Island and was fined $25. 
Two operators of drift gill nets in the Yakutat district were brought 
before the local Commissioner for fishing during a weekly closed period, 
and upon pleading guilty were fined $50 each and given a 90-day sus- 
pended sentence. Salmon taken from their boats were sold for $61.25 
and $69, respectively: In the Yakutat district, also, two operators 
were arrested by the Bureau’s warden, at the instance of the local 
United States Commissioner, for using resident’s instead of nonresi- 
dent’s fishing licenses. Upon trial before the Commissioner’s court 
they were found guilty of swearing falsely to fishing license application, 
were fined $100 each, and given 60 days in which to prove residence 
in Alaska. 
A salmon trap operated by the Pioneer Sea Foods Co., on the north 
end of Montague Island, was seized for fishing during a weekly closed 
period on July 2 pais Upon trial in the Commissioner’s court at Cordova, 
the defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere and was fined $500. 
The trap watchman was fined $20 and sentenced to 5 days in jail. 
Six purse-seine boats in the Seward-Katalla district were seized for 
illegal fishing in closed waters. One of these, an unnamed boat 
operated by Julius Strom and John Johnson, was found fishing near 
the mouth of a salmon stream in Unakwik Inlet during a weekly closed 
period. The Martino was operated near the mouth of a salmon stream 
