10 TJ. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



if auy, changes in tlie present Yukon River regulations are necessary or desir- 

 able, will be held at the office of the Bureau of Fisheries, 1217 L. C. Smith 

 Building, Seattle, Wash., on November 23, 1920, at 10 o'clock a. m., at which 

 time and place all interested persons will be heard. All persons having per- 

 tinent information are particularly invited to be present and to impart such 

 information. 



Under date of May 25, 1920, announcement was made of a hear- 

 ing to be held in respect to fishing in the Kuskokwim Eiver. The 

 text of the announcement was as follows : 



It having been reconunended that the Secretary of Commerce limit or pro- 

 hibit fishing for salmon or other fishing in the prosecution of which salmon 

 are taken or injured, in tlie Kuskokwim River, Alaska, its tributary waters, 

 and within the area 500 yards outside the mouth of that river, notice 

 is hereby given under the provisions of section 6 of the act of Congress ap- 

 proved June 26, 1906, entitled "An act for the protection and regulation of the 

 fisheries of Alaska," that a hearing to determine the advisability of limiting 

 or prohibiting fishery operations in the waters in question will be held at the 

 office of the Bureau of Fisheries, 1217 L. C. Smith Building, Seattle, Wash., 

 on November 30, 1920, at 10 o'clock a. m., at which time and place all inter- 

 ested persons will be heard. All persons having pertinent information are 

 particularly invited to be present and to impart such information. 



Under date of August 18, 1920, announcement was made of hear- 

 ings to consider the necessity or desirability of changing the regula- 

 tions regarding fishing in Copper Kiver waters. The text of the 

 announcement was as follows: 



It having been recommended that the Secretary of Commerce amend the 

 order of December 20, 1918, limiting or prohibiting fishing in the Copper River, 

 Alaska, and its delta and all tributary waters, notice is hereby given under 

 the provisions of section 6 of tlie act of Congress approved June 26, 1906, 

 entitled "An act for the protection and regulation of the fisheries of Alaska," 

 that hearings for the purpose of eliciting information as to what, if any, 

 changes in the present Copper River regulations are necessary or desirable 

 ■will be held at Cordova, Alaska, on Octol)er 5, 1920, at 10 o'clock a. m., and 

 at the ofllce of the Bureau of Fisheries, 1217 L. C. Smith Building, Seattle, 

 Wash., on November 18, 1920, at 10 o'clock a. m., respectively, at which all 

 interested persons will be heard. All persons having pertinent information 

 are particularly invited to be present and to impart such information. 



Under date of October 30, 1920, announcement was made of a hear- 

 ing to be held in respect to amending the order of November 30, 1917, 

 in regard to fishing in Bering River. The text of the announcement 

 was as follows : 



It having been recommended that the Secretary of Connnerce amend the order 

 of November 30, 1917, the provisions of which are continued in the order of 

 December 23, 1919, prohibiting commercial fishing operations in Bering River 

 and its tributary waters, including Bering Lake, above a line extending at right 

 angles across Bering River from a point approximately 800 feet northwesterly 

 from the mouth of Gandil River, Alaska, notice is hereby given under the pro- 

 visions of section 6 of the act of Congress approved June 26, 1900, entitled "An 

 act for the protection and regulation of the fisheri(>s of Alaska," that a bearing 

 to determine the advis-ability of further limiting or prohibiting fishing opera- 

 tions in Bering River and its tributary waters, including P.ering Lake, will be 

 held at the office of the Bureau of Fisheries, 1217 L. C. Smith Building, Seattle, 

 Wash., on December 3, 1920, at 10 o'clock a. in., at which time and place all 

 persons interested will be heard. 



Following the hearings on October 5, November 18, 23, and 30, and 

 December 3, the Department, under date of December 18, 1920, pro- 

 mulgated the following order : 



Hearings having been given, after due notice in accordance with law, for the 

 purpose of determining the advisability of limiting or prohibiting fishing in 



