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4. The driving of salmon downstream and tlie causing of salmon to go out- 

 side tlie protected area at the moutli of any salmon stream are expressly 

 prohibited. 



5. This order does not apply to persons taking salmon by any lawful means 

 for local human food requirements, or for use as dog feed. 



6. The waters of the Afognak Reservation are covered by presidential 

 proclamation of December 24, 1892, and the regulations promulgated by author- 

 ity thereof are not niotlified or affected by this order but remain in full force. 



7. All previous orders of the Secretary of Commerce imposing limitations 

 or prohibitions upon Ashing in the waters covered by this order are hereby 

 superseded. 



8. This order becomes effective January 1, 1922. 



Under date of February 17, 1922, an Executive order was issued 

 creating a reservation to be called the Alaska Peninsula Fisheries 

 Reservation, extending eastward from the Aleutian Islands Keserva- 

 tion to a line from Foggy Cape on the eastern end of Sutwik Island 

 to Cape Menshikof on the northern shore of the Alaska Peninsula, 

 and including the Shumagin Islands and the territorial waters adja- 

 cent to these lands and also the lands of the Aleutian Islands Reser- 

 vation. The text of the order follows : 



In addition to the islands of the Aleutian chain. Alaska, withdrawn and 

 made a preserve and Ijreeding ground for native birds, for the propagation 

 of reindeer and fur-bearing animals, and for the encouragement and develop- 

 ment of fisheries, by the Executive order of March 3, 1913 (No. 1733), as 

 modified by the Executive order of August 11, 1916 (No. 2442), a reservation 

 comprising the islands, peninsulas, and lands adjoining the eastern end of the 

 reservation established by the said Executive order of March 3. 1913, and 

 extending in an easterly and northerly direction from Isanotski Strait to a line 

 extending from low-water mark at Foggy Cape on the eastern end of Sutwik 

 Island to low-water mark at Cape Menshikof on the northern shore of the, 

 Alaska Peninsula, including the Shumagin Islands and all other islands, penin- 

 sulas, or parts thereof within the described area is hereby set apart as a 

 preserve to more effectively insure the protection of the fisheries and for their 

 encouragement and development. This latter reservation is to be known as 

 the Alaska Peninsula Fisheries Reservation. 



It is hereby further ordered that all straits, bays, and other waters over 

 which the Ignited States has .iurisdiction by reason of their relation and prox- 

 imity to the islands, peninsulas, and other lands to which this order, as well 

 as tlie said order of March 3. 1913. applies, be and the same are hereby reserved- 

 and set apart also as a preserve to more effectively insure the protection of 

 the fisheries and for their encouragement and development. 



The Secretary of Commerce shall have power to niakp regulations for the 

 proper aduunistration of the said Alaska Peninsula Fisheries Reservation, 

 and the straits, bays, and other waters reserved by this Executive order. 



The establishment of the reservations under this Executive order shall not 

 interfere with the use of the waters, islands, or other lands for lighthouse, 

 nnlitary, naval, or other public purposes, nor with the use of any of said 

 islands or other lands under the laws of the Cnited States for town-site pur- 

 poses, mining pur)i()S(>s. or grazing of animals thereupon, under rules and regu- 

 lations to be established by the Secretary of the Interior. 



Under date of April 18, 1922, the Secretary of Commerce issued 

 the following regulations for the administration of the Alaska 

 Peninsula Fisheries Reservation, including the waters of the Aleu- 

 tian Islands Reservation : 



1, For pun)0ses of administration the following six fishing districts are 

 created : 



(ff) Port Heiden district. — Extends along the Bering Sea sh(n-es of the 

 reservation from its eastern limit to the one hundred and sixtieth meridian 

 of west longitude. 



(b) Port M oiler district. — Extends along the Bering Sea shores of the reser- 

 vation from the one hundred and sixtieth meridian of west longitude to the 



