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6. Tlir niaiiitaiiiiiiK <>f ii licrriiig pouiu] or llic (liiiiipiiifi of olFal and dead licrriiiK 

 ill tlio waters of Halibut Cove and Lagoon is ijrohibited. 



7. The use of purse seines for tlie capture! of herring is i)roliibit(!d in Kacheiiiak 

 Bay and tributary waters within a line from Nubble Pcjint to Bluff Point. 



8. Gill nets used in catching herring shall not be of smaller mesh than '.i inclies 

 stretched measure. 



9. Commercial fisliing for herring, including bait fisliing, by means of any trap 

 is ])rohibited. 



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

 jjurse seine more than 1,400 meslies in depth, more than 180 fathoms in length, or 

 of mesh less than IH inches stretched measure between knots is prohibited. 



11. No one shall place, or cause to be j)laced, 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. 



Clam fishery. — It is i)rohibited to take for commercial purposes any razor 

 clam measuring less than 4y> inches in total length of shell. Possession of any 

 razor clam of less tlian this length will be regarded as i)rima facie evidence of 

 unlawful taking. 



VIII. Resurrection Bay Area 



The Resurrection Bay area is hereby defined to include all territorial coastal 

 and tributary waters of the Gulf of Alaska between Point Gore on the west and 

 Cape Fairfield on the east. 



Salmon fishery. — 1. The use of any trap for the capture of salmon is pro- 

 hibited. 



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

 such boat, shall not exceed 200 fatlioms hung measure. 



3. No set or anchored gill net shall e.xceed 300 yards in length, and each shall be 

 set in substantially a straight line: Provided, That not to exceed 20 yards of each 

 net may be used as a hook. Only one such hook is permitted on a net. There 

 shall be a distance interval of at least 200 yards, both endwise and laterally, at all 

 times between all set or anchored gill nets operated. 



4. King salmon nets shall have a mesh at least 8}^ inches stretched measure 

 between knots, and red salmon nets shall have a mesh at least 5}^ inches stretched 

 measure between knots, as measured when actually in use. • 



5. No boat used in operating any purse seine shall be longer than 50 feet, as 

 shown by official register length. 



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

 salmon with nets of mesh less than 8}^ inches stretched measure between knots is 

 prohibited. 



7. Commercial fishing for salmon is prohibited during the remainder of each 

 calendar year after 6 o'clock, postmeridian September 22. 



8. In the waters of Resurrection Bay, within a line from Cape Resurrection 

 to the western side of Bear Glacier at its mouth, the 36-hour closed period for 

 salmon fishing prescribed by section 5 of the act of June 6, 1924, is hereby ex- 

 tended to include the period from 6 o'clock postmeridian of Friday of each week 

 until 6 o'clock antemeridian of the Monday following, making a weekly closed 

 period of 60 hours: Provided, That this extension shall not be effective after 

 August 23 in each year. 



9. Commercial fishing for salmon within 1,000 yards of the mouths of Bear 

 Creek and Resurrection River is prohibited at all times; and in the period from 

 June 7 to August 23, both dates inclusive, commercial fishing for salmon is pro- 

 hibited within 1,700 yards of the mouths of these streams. 



Steelhead fishery. — Commercial fishing for steelhead trout shall be subject 

 to'the provisions of law and the regulations applicable to commercial fishing for 

 salmon. 



Clam fishery. — It is prohibited to take for commercial purposes any razor 

 clam measuring less than m inches in total length of shell. Possession of any 

 razor clam of less than this length will be regarded as prima facie evidence of 

 unlawful taking. 



IX. Prince William Sound Area 



The Prince William Sound area is hereby defined to include all territorial coastal 

 and tributary waters of the Gulf of Alaska between Cape Fairfield on the west 

 and Point Whitshed on the east. 



Salmon fishery. — 1. The total aggregate length of gill nets on any salmon 

 fishing boat, or in use by such boat, shall not exceed 200 fathoms hung measure. 



