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the case was called for trial on March 11, 1921, the defendants pleaded 

 guilty and were fined $10 each. No costs were imposed. 



Complaints were filed before the United States commissioner at 

 Cordova accusing Al Hamilton and Paul Fischer of fishing with set gill 

 nets in Stevens Slough, Copper River delta, on June 3. Hamilton's 

 case was called for trial on June 24 and Fischer's on July 5. Both men 

 pleaded guilty and were fined $28.15 each, including the costs of the 

 prosecutions. 



On July 7, J. F. Johnson and R. Brodde, employees of Peter Nelson, 

 were found fishing with gill nets in Kvichak River at Laxes Point, 1^ 

 miles above the line marking the river's mouth, above which fishing is 

 unla^\'ful. They were tried July 30 before the United States com- 

 missioner at Koggiung, convicted, and fined $38.60, the costs of the 

 case. 



On July 8, J. Malgren, H. B. Anderson, A. Erickson, and G. A. 

 Brandt, fishermen of the Alaska Packers' Association, were unlaw- 

 fully fishing in Kvichak River at Laxes Point. Complaint was sworn 

 to before the commissioner at Koggiung, alleging a violation of the 

 regulations. On July 30 the accused were tried, found guilty, and 

 fined $75.20, the costs of the prosecution. 



Iver Helset and Iver Iversen, fishermen of Libby, McNeill & Libby, 

 were arraigned before the United vStates commissioner at Koggiung 

 on a complaint charging them with gill-net fishing in the protected 

 waters of Kvichak River on July 9 at a point 5 miles above the mouth 

 of the river. They were convicted and fined $41.60, the cost of the 

 trial. 



On July 10, J. Patone and S. Siliato, fishermen of the Alaska 

 Packers' Association, were found fishing with gill nets in Kvichak 

 River near Laxes Point, approximately 2 miLes above the mouth. 

 They were tried at Koggiung on July 30, convicted, and fined $40. 



The case against Pete Knutsen and Ole Knutsen for unlawfully 

 fishinw in Petersburg Creek in 1919 as reported in that year was finally 

 closed on May 23, 1921, when the defendants paid the fine of $250 

 and costs of $56.65. 



The Ward's Cove Packing Co. was indicted at Ketchikan November 

 26, 1920, for fishing with a trap located on Clarence Strait, 4 miles 

 north of Dall Head, during the weekly close period on August 2. 

 The case was tried before the district court at Ketchikan June 13 to 18, 

 and resulted in a conviction of the company. The court imposed a 

 fine of $100 and the cost of the trial, amounting to $187.60. 



The case against the Starr-CoUinson Packing Co., indicted at 

 Ketchikan in November, 1920, for failure to open tlie heart walls of its 

 trap on Prince of Wales Island during the weekly close period, August 

 1, 1920, has not been tried. 



Other cases pending are against the Kenai Packing Co. for the wanton 

 waste of salmon and against the Copper River Packing Co. for the 

 wanton waste of salmon and for not opening the heart walls of its 

 trap located in Prince of Wales Passage on Sunday, August 15, 1920. 

 Indictments were returned against these companies at the Valdez 

 terra of the district court in October, 1920. 



TERRITORIAL FISH COMMISSION. 



The Alaska Territorial Fish Commission was authorized, under the 

 act creating it, to carry on the propagation of food fishes, to protect 



