10 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Robert Young and Julius Frank were arraigned in the commis- 

 sioner's court at Ketchikan on August 16, charged with purse-seine 

 fishing within 200 yards of the mouth of Ketchikan Creek on August 3. 

 They pleaded guilty and were fined $15 each. The costs of $14.95 

 were paid by Young. 



On August 15 a complaint was filed before the commissioner at 

 Ketchikan accusing Joseph Howard, Charles Howard, and Henry 

 Reeve of fishing with a purse seine in Carrol Inlet at 9 p. m. Sunday, 

 August 7. When the case was called for trial, they pleaded guilty 

 and were fined $15 each, in addition to which Joseph Howard paid 

 the costs of the trial, amounting to $38.75. 



On August 10 Marco Utropini, T. H. Voss, An tone Zorith, and 

 Robert Scherdl were found fishing with a purse seine within 500 

 yards of the mouth of Naha stream near Loring. They were all 

 brought to trial at Ketchikan before the United States commissioner, 

 except Scherdl, the cook on the boat, whose case was dismissed for 

 the reason that he had no part in the fishing and was not responsible 

 for the acts of the others. Upon pleading guilt}^, Voss and Zorith 

 were fined $10 each, without costs, while Utropini, master of the 

 boat, was fined $25 and costs of $9.20. 



A trap located on the shore of Prince of Wales Island approxi- 

 mately 1 mile south of Eagle Creek and owned by Frederickson & 

 Clark, independent operators, was found in partial fishing order on 

 Sunday, August 7. The apron over the tunnel was 10 feet too short 

 and the heart walls were not opened. A complaint against Freder- 

 ickson & Clark was therefore filed before the commissioner at Wran- 

 fell, accusing them of a violation of the law. On September 6 

 Vederickson appeared in court and pleaded guilty to an uninten- 

 tional violation of the statute. He was fined $50 and costs of $9.20. 



On August 15 Louis Sumner and Eli Fawcet fished with a purse 

 seine within 200 yards of the mouth of a salmon stream emptying 

 into Tamgas Harbor, Annette Island. They were brought before 

 the commissioner at Ketchikan on September 10, pleaded guilty, 

 and paid .fines of $10 each without costs. 



Complaints were filed in the commissioner's court at Ketchikan on 

 September 10 accusing John Davis, Sidney Campbell, and Ernest 

 Milton of gill-net fishing in Sockeye Creek and adjacent protected 

 waters, Annette Island, on August 12. Upon arraignment, each 

 man pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $5. 



On August 27 Jimmie Lee and Jimmie Brown were brought before 

 the United States Commissioner at Haines charged witli gill-net 

 fishing within the protected waters at the mouth of Chilkoot River 

 on August 23. Both men pleaded guilty and were fined $20 each. 



David Young, a native of Sitka, was indicted April 6 at Juneau for 

 unlawfully setting a seine across the mouth of Chaik Creek, which 

 empties iiito the south arm of Chaik Bay, on July 30, 1920. The 

 case was tried April 14, and on motion of the attorney for the de- 

 fendant, an instructed verdict of acquittal was returned on the 

 ground of insufficient evidence, there being no proof that any salmon 

 had been taken. 



On March 9 the grand jury at Juneau indicted Tony Flagas and 

 John Constantine for fishing with drift gill nets in Berners Bay, Lynn 

 Canal, during the weekly close period on September 15, 1919. When 



