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12. Capture of immature salmon prohibited. — No Faln^on or steelhead of less than 

 pounds in weight shall be fished for, killed, or captured in treaty waters. 



1.-!. Salmon weirs, etc., above tidal limits prohibited. — No salmon and no steelhead 

 shall be fished for, killed, or raptured by means of a net of any sort, any weir or any 

 fish wheel, above tidal limits in any river in treaty waters. 



14. Close season for sturgeon. — During the term of four years next following the date 

 of the promulgation of these regulations no sturgeon shall be fished for, killed, or 

 captured in treaty waters. 



15. Capture of fish for fertilizer or oil prohibited. — Fishes useful for human food shall 

 not be fished for, killed, or captured in treaty waters for use in the manufacture of 

 fertilizer, or of oil other than oil for food or medicinal purposes. 



16. Akiked hooks and spears prohibited. — No spear, grappling hook, or naked hook, 

 and no artificial bait with more than three hooks, or more than one burr of three hooks 

 attached thereto, shall be used for the capture of fish in treaty waters. This regula- 

 tion shall not prohibit the use of a gaff in hook-and-Iine fishing. 



17 . Torching prohibited. — No torch, flambeau, or other artificial light shall be used 

 as a lure for fi.sh in treaty waters. 



The following regulations relate specifically to the waters named: 



STRAIT OF JXJAN DE PUCA AND ADJACENT WATERS. 



The following regulations (G2 to 66, inclusive) shall apply to the Strait of Juan de 

 Fuca, those parts of Washington Sound, the Gulf of Georgia, and Puget Sound lying 

 between the parallels of 48° 10^ and 49° 20^ north latitude: 



62. Close season for salmon. — From August 25 to September 15 in each year, both 

 days inclusive, no salmon or steelhead shall be fished for, killed, or captured for com- 

 mercial purposes in these treaty waters; provided, however, that in the waters to the 

 westward of a line drawn southward from Gonzales Point to the shore of the State of 

 Washington silver salmon, or coho salmon, may be fished for, killed, or captured from 

 September 1 to September 15 in each year, both days inclusive. 



6.i. Weekly close season for salmon and steelhead. — -From 6 o'clock Saturday morning 

 to 6 o'clock on the Monday morning next succeeding, no salmon or steelhead shall be 

 fished for, killed, or captured in these treaty waters. 



It is, however, provided that in the waters to the westward of a line drawn south- 

 ward from Gonzales Point to the shore of the State of Washington the weekly close 

 season shall begin 12 hours earlier, and shall end 12 hours earlier. 



64- Construction of pound nets. — All pound nets or other stationary appliances for 

 the capture of salmon or steelhead shall be so constructed that no fish whatever shall 

 be taken during the weekly close season. The erection or addition to the pound net 

 of a jigger is prohibited. 



65. Location of pound nets. — All pound nets shall be limited to a length of 2,500 

 feet, with an end passageway of at least 600 feet between one pound net and the next 

 in a linear series, such distance being measured in continuation of the line of direc- 

 tion of the leader of such net, and a lateral passageway of at least 2,400 feet between 

 one pound net and the next. 



On and after January 1, 1911, the mesh in pound nets shall be 4 inches in extension 

 in the leader and not less than 3 inches in other parts of the net. 



66. Nets other than pound nets. — ^No purse net shall be used within 3 miles of the 

 mouth of any river and no seine within 1 mile of the mouth of any river in these treaty 

 waters. 



No gill net of more than 900 feet in length or of a greater depth than 60 meshes shall 

 be used in these treaty waters. 



The effort to enact these regulations into law by our Congress met 

 with decided objections not only on the part of the Pii < t Sou d 

 operators, but also from operators in other waters affected, with the 

 result that the bill was shelved and never acted upon finally. After 

 waiting a while to see if any action would be taken by our Govern- 

 ment, Canada finally repealed the act in which it had accepted the 

 regulations. 



DECREASE FN SOCKEYE SALMON RUN. 



In 1913 the matter of the Frazcr River-Puget Sound sockeye salmon 

 run came prominently to the fore through a rock slide in Hell Gate 



