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3. Stake and anchored gill nets shall be operated- in substantially a straight 

 line. 



4. Commercial fishing for salmon by means of any trap is prohibited. 

 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 4^2 inches in total length of shell. Possession of any 

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

 unlawful taking. 



XII. Southeastern Alaskan Area 



The Southeastern Alaska area is hereby defined to include all territorial 

 coastal and tributary waters of Alaska extending from Dixon Entrance on the 

 south to and including Yakutat Bay on the north. 



Salmon fishery. — This area is subdivided into the following districts, wherein 

 regulations sliall be effective as follows: 



Yakutat district. — All territorial waters within a line extending from Cape 

 Fairweather at 58 degrees 49 minutes north latitude, 138 degrees west longitude, 

 to Mount Fairweather, thence following the international boundary to a point 

 at 140 degrees 28 minutes west longitude, thence south to a point at 59 degrees 

 36 minutes north latitude, 140 degrees 28 minutes west longitude, thence to 

 Cape Fairweather at the point of beginning. 



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

 use b}' such boat, shall not exceed 150 fathoms himg measure. 



2. Stake and ancliored gill nets shall be operated in substantially a straiglit 

 line. 



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

 more than 35 meshes in depth is prohibited. 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 measurements 

 will be upon the basis of 5^2 inches stretched measure. 



4. In Dry Bay, Situk Inlet, and the lagoon between Ahrnklin and Situk Inlets 

 no stake, set, or anchored gill net shall exceed 25 fathoms in length measured on 

 the cork fine. 



5. Commercial fishing for salmon by means of any gill net having mesh of 

 more than 5}i inches stretched measure between knots is prohibited in Situk 

 Inlet prior to August 10 in each year. 



6. No salmon fishing boat shall carry or operate more than one seine of an} 

 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 an\' salmon 

 fishing boat is prohibited. 



7. Commercial fishing for salmon by means of any beach seine less than 75 

 fathoms hung measure in length or less than 4 fathoms hung measure in depth is 

 Ijroliibited. For the purpose of determining depths of seines measurements will 

 be upon the basis of 3p^ inches stretched measure between knots. 



8. Commercial fishing for salmon in Dry Bay is prohibited prior to May 15 in 

 each year. 



9. Commercial fishing for salmon, except in Dry Bay, is prohibited prior to 

 June 24 in each year: Provided, That this prohibition shall not apply to trolling. 



10. Commercial fishing for salmon, except by trolling, is prohibited for the 

 remainder of each calendar year after September 30. 



11. Commercial fishing for salmon, except by trolling, is prohibited in all 

 lagoons and other waters outside or between the mouths of Situk and Ahrnklin 

 rivers for the remainder of each calendar year after 6 o'clock postmeridian 

 September 20. 



12. Commercial fishing for salmon by trolling, except from boats propelled 

 wholly by oars or sails, is prohibited prior to March 1 in each calendar year. 



13. In commercial trolling operations no king salmon shall be caught which 

 when dressed will weigh less than 6 pounds. In the event any such undersized 

 salmon are tlius taken, they must be carefully removed from the hook without 

 jerking or other action causing injury and returned to the water alive. 



14. The use of any trap or purse seine is prohibited. 



15. No trolling boat shall operate more than four trolling lines. 



16. The 36-hour 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 Friday of each week until 6 o'clock antemeridian of the Monday 

 following, making a weekly closed period of 60 hours. 



