72 TJ. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Revised regulations covering the fisheries of Alaska were issued 

 by the Secretary of Commerce under date of December 5, 1925, as 

 follows : 



By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of Commerce, fishing areas 

 are hereby set apart and regulations governing fishing therein are made effective, 

 as follows: 



I. YUKON-KUSKOKWIM AREA 



The Yukon-Kuskokwim area is hereby defined to include all territorial coastal 

 and tributary waters of Alaska from Cape Newenham northward to the parallel 

 of 64 degrees north latitude. 



1. In the Yukon-Kuskokwim area all commercial fishing for salmon is pro- 

 hibited at all times: Provided, That this prohibition shall not prevent the taking 

 of fish for local food requirements or for use as dog feed. 



II. BRISTOL BAY AREA 



The Bristol Bay area is hereby defined to include all territorial coastal and 

 tributary waters of Alaska extending from Cape Menshikof to Cape Newenham. 



1. Commercial fishing for salmon shall be conducted solely by drift gill nets. 

 The use of all other forms of fishing gear is prohibited. 



2. The total aggregate length of gill nets on any salmon fishing boat, or in use 

 by such boat, shall not exceed 200 fathoms hung measure. 



3. King salmon nets shall have a mesh at least 8^2 inches stretched measure 

 between knots, and red salmon nets shall have a mesh at least 5^2 inches stretched 

 measure between knots as measured when actually in use. No red salmon nets 

 shall be over 28 meshes deep. 



4. Prior to 6 o'clock antemeridian June 26 in each year commercial fishing for 

 salmon with nets of mesh less than 83^ inches stretched measure between knots 

 is prohibited. 



5. Commercial fishing for salmon is prohibited during the remainder of each 

 calendar year after 6 o'clock postmeridian July 25. 



6. The trailing of web behind any fishing boat is prohibited above the markers 

 fixing closed waters. 



7. The use of motor-propelled fishing boats in catching salmon is prohibited. 



8. The use of smelt nets is prohibited in localities where young salmon are 

 migrating. 



9. In the waters of Kvichak Bay between the line extending across the bay 

 from the marker on a high point on the east bank of Prosper Creek, about 700 

 yards above the Koggiung cannery of the Alaska Packers Association, to the 

 marker on the opposite side, the course being about north, 44 degrees west, 

 magnetic, and the line extending across the bay from the marker at Graveyard 

 Point, near the mouth of Graveyard Creek, to the marker on the opposite side 

 between the mouths of Squaw and Russian Finn Creeks, the course being about 

 north, 48 degrees west, magnetic, the 36-hour weekly 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 p. m. of Saturday of each week to 6 o'clock 

 a. m. of the Tuesday following, making a weekly closed period of 60 hours. 



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



(a) Nushagak Bay: All waters north of 59 degrees north latitude. 



(6) Kvichak Bay: All waters above a line extending at right angles across 

 Kvichak Bay from the marker on a high point on the east bank of Prosper Creek, 

 about 700 yards above the Koggiung cannery of the Alaska Packers Association, 

 to the marker on the opposite side, the course being about north, 44 degrees west, 

 magnetic. 



(c) Ugashik River and Bay: All waters inside of a line from South Spit to the 

 first beacon above the cannery of the Alaska Packers Association. 



III. ALASKA PENINSULA AREA 



The Alaska Peninsula area is hereby defined to include all territorial coastal 

 and tributary waters of the Alaska Peninsula from Cape Menshikof on the 

 Bering Sea shore and extending in a southwesterly direction to Unimak Pass, 

 thence in a northeasterly direction along the Pacific side of the Alaska Peninsula 

 to Castle Cape (Tuliumnit Point). The waters of Unimak, the Sanak, the 

 Shumagin, and other adjacent islands are included. 



