208 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Detailed reports and statistical tables dealing with the various 

 fishery industries are presented herewith, and there are also given the 

 important features of certain subjects that were the objects of 

 special investigation or inquiry. 



ALASKA FISHERIES LEGISLATION 



Under date of February 28, 1929, the President approved an act 

 amending the fisheries act of June 26, 1906. This modification 

 broadens the provisions of the former act so that processes of preserv- 

 ing salmon other than by canning or salting within 48 hours after 

 being killed are now recognized. The text of the amendment is as 

 follows : 



AN ACT TO amend the Act of Congress of June 26, 1906, entitled "An Act (or the protection of the fisherie 

 of Alaska, and for other purposes" 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of 

 America in Congress assembled, That section 7 of the Act of June 26, 1906, entitled 

 "An Act for the protection of the fisheries of Alaska, and for other purposes," 

 is amended so that it will read as follows: 



"Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful to preserve for sale as food for human consumption 

 any salmon unless it shall have been canned, salted, iced, frozen, smoked, or 

 dried within fortv-eight hours after being killed." 



Approved, February 28, 1929. 



NEW FISHERY REGULATIONS 



The regulations for the protection of the fisheries of Alaska, 

 issued December 18, 1928, were amended by the following regulations 

 issued by the Acting Secretary of Commerce under the dates indicated: 



[January I4, 1929] 

 Alaska Peninsula Area 



Salmon fishery. — Regulation No. 16 (i) is amended to read as follows: Goloi 

 Island, coast for a distance of 4,000 feet northeasterly from the western extremity 

 of the island. 



Regulation No. 16 (n) is amended to read as follows: Unga Island, east coast 

 from West Head to a point at 55 degrees 11 minutes 30 seconds north latitude, 

 160 degrees 27 minutes 30 seconds west longitude. 



Cook Inlet Area 



Salmon fishery. — Regulation No. 13 (i) is amended to read as follows: Along 

 the mainland coast on the east side of Cook Inlet from a point at 59 degrees 42 

 minutes 4 seconds north latitude, 151 degrees 47 minutes 50 seconds west longi- 

 tude, to a point at 59 degrees 41 minutes 33 seconds north latitude, 151 degrees 

 46 minutes 30 seconds west longitude. 



Southeastern Alaska Area 



yakutat district 



In Dry Bay the use of any drift gill net more than 60 fathoms in length or 

 inure than 35 meshes in depth is pn^hibited. Except in Dry Bay the use of any 

 drift gill net more than 40 fathoms in length or more than 35 meshes in depth 

 is prohibited. For the purpose of determining depths of drift gill nets measure- 

 ments will be upon the basis of 5H inches stretched measure. 



NORTH prince OF WALES ISLAND DISTRICT 



Salmon fishery. — Regulation No. 13 (a) is amended to read as follows: San 

 Juan Bautista Island from a point on the west coast at 55 degrees 25 minutes 

 45 seconds north latitude southerly and easterly to a point on the south coast 



