216 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



II. Bristol Bay Auea 



The Bristol Bay area is hereby defined to inchidc all territorial coastal and 

 tributary waters of Alaska from Cape Newenham to a point on the coast 3 statute 

 miles south of Cape Menshikof. 



Salmon fishery. — 1. Commercial fishing for salmon is prohibited except 

 within the following-described districts: 



(a) Nushagak district: Waters of Nushagak Bay within a line from Point Pro- 

 tection to Etolin Point. 



(6) Kvichak-Naknok district: Waters of Kvichak Bay within a line from 

 Etolin Point to Middle Bluff Light on the eastern side of Kvichak Bay. 



(r) Egegik district: Waters between an east and west line 8 statute miles north 

 of South Spit, Egegik Bay, and an east and west line 10 statute miles south of 

 South Spit. 



(d) Ugashik district: Waters between an east and west line 3 statute miles 

 north of Cape Greig and the southern limit of the area at a point on the coast 3 

 statute miles south of Cape Menshikof. 



2. Commercial fishing for salmon shall be conducted solely by drift gill nets 

 and stake nets. The use of all other forms of fishing gear is prohibited. 



3. Each gill net in operation shall be marked by a cluster of floats or corks at 

 the ends, and double floats or corks shall be attached to the cork line at 25-fathom 

 intervals. The clusters of floats or corks at the ends and the double floats or 

 corks at the 25-fathom intervals shall be painted bright red. The clusters at the 

 ends shall also be legibly and plainly marked with the initials of the operator. 

 In addition, metal markers bearing the initials of the operator shall be attached 

 to the ends of each gill-net cork line and at 25-fathom intervals along the cork 

 line. 



4. Stake nets shall be operated in substantially a straight line. 



5. Commercial fishing for salmon with stake nets shall be limited to beach 

 areas between high and low water marks and shall be confined to the following 

 places: 



(o) Nushagak district, except along the west side of Nushagak Bay from a 

 point 2 statute miles south of Bradford Point to Coffee Point and along the east 

 side of that bay from a point 2,000 yards southeast of the northern extremity of 

 Ekuk S])it to Etolin Point. 



(6) Along the beach in front of Koggiung Indian village on Kvichak Bay. 



(c) Along the beach on the east and west side of Egegik near the Indian village. 



(d) Along the beach on Ugashik Bay near the Indian village below the Alaska 

 Packers Association cannery. 



6. The total aggregate length of stake nets used by any individual shall not 

 exceed 75 fathoms measured on the cork line. 



7. The total aggregate length of gill nets on any salmon fishing boat, or in use 

 by such boat, shall not exceed 150 fathoms hung measure. 



8. King salmon nets shall have a mesh of at least 8H inches stretched measure 

 between kijots, and red salmon nets shall have a mesh of at least 5}4 inches 

 stretched measure between knots as measured when actually in use. No red 

 salmon net shall be over 28 meshes deep. 



9. Prior to 6 o'clock antemeridian June 25 in each year commercial fishing for 

 salmon witn nets of mesn less than 8y2 inches stretched measured between knots 

 is prohibited. 



10. Commercial fishing for salmon is prohibited in the period from 6 o'clock 

 antemeridian Jul}' 25 to 6 o'clock antemeridian August 6. 



11. The trailing of web behind any fishing boat is prohibited above the markers 

 fixing closed waters. 



12. The use of motor-propelled fishing boats in catching salmon is prohibited. 



13. The use of smelt nets is prohibited in localities where young salmon are 

 migrating. 



14. In the waters of Kvictiak Bay between the line extending across the bay 

 from the marker on a high point on the east bank of Prosper Creek, about 700 

 yards above the Koggiung cannery of the Alaska Packers Association, to the 

 marker on the (opposite side, the course being about north, 44 degrees west, mag^ 

 netic, and the line extending at right angles across the bay from a marker at 

 Jensen Creek to a marker on the opposite shore about 1^2 miles west of Squaw 

 Creek, the 36-hour weekly closed period for salmon fishing prescribed by section 

 5 of the act of June 6, 1924, is hereby extended to include the period from 6 

 o'clock postmeridian of Saturday of each week to 6 o'clock antemeridian of the 

 Wednesday following, making a weekly closed period of 84 hours. 



