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4. Commercial fishing for herring, inchiding bait fishing, by means of any trap 

 is prohibited. 



5. Commercial fishing for herring, including bait fishing, by means of any 

 purse seine more than 1,400 meshes in depth, more than 180 fathoms in length, 

 or of mesh less than 1 V^ inches stretched measure between knots is prohibited. 



6. No one shall place, or cause to be placed, across the entrance of any lagoon 

 or bay any net or other device which will prevent the free passage at all times of 

 herring in and out of said lagoon or bay. 



7. The dumping of herring offal in the waters of Unalaska Bay soutli of 53 

 degrees 57 minutes north latitude is j^rohibited. 



V. Chignik Area 



The Chignik area is herel)y defined to include the territorial coastal and tribu- 

 tary waters of Alaska along the mainland shore from Castle Cape (Tuliumnit 

 Point) to Cape Kunmik. The waters of Chankliut, Sutwik, and all other adjacent 

 islands are included. 



Salmo.v fishery. — 1. Commercial fishing for salmon by means of any floating 

 trap or purse seine is prohibited. 



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

 oy such boat, shall not exceed 75 fathoms hung measure. 



3. No set or anchored gill net sliall exceed 25 fathoms in length measured on 

 the cork line. 



4. Set or anchored gill nets shall be operated in substantially a straight line. 



5. The use of motor-propelled gill-net boats in catching salmon is prohibited. 



6. The distance by most direct water measurement from any part of one set or 

 anchored gill net to any part of another set or anchored gill net or to any part of any 

 trap shall not be less than 600 feet. 



7. AU set or anchored gill nets shall be removed from the water throughout 

 the weekly closed periods extending from 6 o'clock postmeridian of Saturday of 

 3ach week to 6 o'clock antemeridian of the Monday following. 



8. No salmon fishing boat shall carry or operate more than one beach seine of 

 any description, and no additional net of any kind shall be carried on such boat. 

 The carrying of any additional seine or net of any kind on a boat towed by any 

 salmon fishing boat is prohibited. 



9. No beach seine shall be less than 50 fathoms or more than 75 fathoms in 

 length measured on the cork line. No beach seine shall be less than 100 meshes 

 or more than 200 meshes in depth. For the purpose of determining depths of 

 seines measurements will be upon the basis of 3J^ inches stretched measure 

 between knots. 



10. All commercial fishing for salmon is prohibited in Chignik Lagoon within 

 a line from a point on the mainland at 56 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds north 

 latitude, 158 degrees 37 minutes 48 seconds west longitude, to a point on the 

 west side of Chignik Island at 56 degrees 17 minutes 15 seconds north latitude, 

 158 degrees 36 minutes 24 seconds west longitude, thence to a point on the north 

 shore of Cliignik Island at 56 degrees 17 minutes 33 seconds north latitude, 158 

 degrees 34 minutes 54 seconds west longitude, thence to Rocky Point on the east 

 side of Chignik Lagoon at 56 degrees 17 minutes 30 seconds north latitude, 158 

 degrees 33 minutes 52 seconds west longitude. 



11. The take of salmon within waters in which the runs are tributary to the 

 Chignik River shall not exceed 50 per cent of the total run as determined at the 

 weir in Chignik River operated by the Bureau of Fisheries. 



12. Commercial fishing for salmon is i)rohibitcd prior to 6 o'clock antemeridian 

 June 1 and after 6 o'clock postmeridian October 1 in each year. 



13. Commercial fishing for sahnon is prohibited in the waters surrounding 

 Nakchamik and Chankliut Islands. 



14. The use of any trap for the capture of salmon is prohibited except as follows: 

 (a) Along the coast of Chignik Lagoon within 2,500 feet from the outer extremity 



of Hume Point. 



(6) Along the coast of Chignik Island within 2,500 feet from a point at 56 

 degrees 17 minutes 30 seconds north latitude, 158 degrees 36 minutes 38 seconds 

 west longitude. 



(c) Along the east side of the spit at the entrance to Chignik Lagoon from the 

 southern extremity of the spit to a point at 56 degrees 21 minutes 30 seconds nortli 

 latitude, 158 degrees 30 minutes west longitude. 



(d) Along the coast of Chignik Bay from a point at 56 degrees 20 minutes 40 

 seconds north latitude, 158 degrees 27 minutes 30 seconds west longitude, to a 



