ISS U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
in Jackpot Bay; the 31A589, near the mouth of a salmon stream in 
Comfort Cove; the 310223, near a salmon stream at the head of Bear- 
trap Bay, Port Gr: avina; and the 31.4809 and $1820 in closed waters 
in the west arm of Long Bay. Upon trial before the Commissioner 
at Cordova the three men on’the two last-named boats were fined 
$40 each; 3,115 pink salmon and 5 reds that were aboard at the time 
of the seizure were sold for $125.35, and the proceeds were turned 
over to the Department of Justice. ‘The men on the other four boats 
were fined $25 each. 
In the Seward-Katalla district, also, prosecutions were brought 
against five gill-net operators for fishing in sloughs or within 500 yards 
of the Grass Banks i in the Copper River area. A case against one of 
the men, for fishing in the prohibited area near Cottonwood Point, 
was dismissed because of insufficient evidence; for a second offense 
2 weeks later in the same locality the fisherman was fined $75. The 
other gill-net operators were fined $25 each, as were two clam diggers 
who took undersized clams for commercial purposes in the vicinity 
of Point Whitshed. Clams totaling 644 pounds were seized from these 
diggers and sold for $32.20. Two shackles of gill net with 19 red 
salmon were picked up in Dago Slough, but the owner was not appre- 
hended. The salmon were sold for “the account of the Government 
for $5.90. 
In the Kodiak area, operators of the seine boat L & W were arrested 
for fishing in a weekly closed period. The captain was fined $50; and 
each of the two other members of the crew, $25. They appealed: ‘the 
fines, but later dropped the appeal. A fisherman found operating in 
Gurney Bay with a gill net in excess of the prescribed maximum 
length was fined $25 and costs. Several minor offenses were observed 
which were settled without the necessity of making arrests. 
Prosecution was brought against H. J. Emard, of the Emard Pack- 
ing Co., at Anchorage, in Cook Inlet, for wanton waste of fish, as this 
company twice during July, after first sorting out and canning the 
red salmon from their supplies of raw fish, had allowed some 15 tons 
of salmon to spoil and had then hauled them to near- -by farms for use 
as fertilizer. The defendant, through his attorney, entered a plea of 
guilty on both counts and paid a fine of $100. 
In the Alaska Peninsula area the Frostland was apprehended while 
laying a seine within a few feet of another seine off Bear River, Port 
Moller. The owners pleaded guilty before the. Commissioner’s court 
at Unalaska, and a fine of $300 and costs was imposed. There were 
2,875 salmon forfeited from this boat, which brought $350.34. The 
owner of the Hawk, who operated a beach seine in closed waters at 
the mouth of Minor Creek, in the Shumagin Islands region, pleaded 
guilty before the Commissioner at Squaw Harbor and was fined $300. 
Cases against the purse-seine boats Frisco, Lion, Sunlight, and Wis- 
consin, involving the carrying of an additional net in their fishing oper- 
ations in Ikatan Bay contrary to existing regulations, were not taken 
into court, but the boats were released by the district attorney, who 
ordered forfeiture of their fish. The confiscated fish were sold for the 
account of the Government as follows: 1,673 from the Frisco, for 
$187.87; 13,371 from the Lion, for $1,122. 30: 9,237 from the Sunlight, 
for $813. 83; and 7,333 from the Wisconsin, for $665. 65; a total of 
31,614 fish, "for $2, 789.65. 
