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nor more than 250 meshes in depth nor less than 150 fathoms nor more than 200 

 fathoms in length measured on the cork line. For the purpose of deter- 

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

 measure between knots. No extension to any seine in the way of leads will be 

 permitted. 



6. Commercial fishing for salmon, other than trolling, is prohibited prior to 

 6 o'clock antemeridian July 5 in each calendar year, from 6 o'clock postmeridan 

 August 16 to 6 o'clock antemeridian October 1 in each year, and for the remainder 

 of each calendar year after 6 o'clock postmeridian October 15. 



7. Commercial fishing for salmon by trolling is jirohibited from 6 o'clock ante- 

 meridian August 25 to 6 o'clock ])ostmeridian September 20 in each year. 



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

 in the period from 6 o'clock antemeridian July 5 to 6 o'clock postmeridian August 

 16 in each year. 



9. 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. 



10. The use of any beach seine is prohibited. 



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

 shown by official register length. 



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



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 thus taken, they must be carefully removed from the hook without 

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



14. Commercial fishing for salmon by trolling is prohibited in Behm Canal and 

 its tributaries within a line from Point Sykes to Point Alava, across the eastern 

 entrance of the canal, and a line from Point Higgins to Caamano Point, across the 

 western entrance, from 6 o'clock postmeridian April 30 to 6 o'clock postme- 

 ridian June 30. 



15. Commercial fishing for salmon by trolling is prohibited in Burroughs Bay 

 (indenting mainland north of Revillagigedo Island) for the remainder of each 

 calendar year after 6 -o'clock postmeridian August 16: Provided, That this prohi- 

 bition sliall not apply to the period from 6 o'clock antemeridian October 1 to 6 

 o'clock postmeridian October 15 in each year. 



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

 waters of Tongass Narrows between a line from Mountain Point to Gravina 

 Point and a line from Point Higgins to Vallenar Point. 



17. The use of any trap for the capture of salmon is prohibited, except as 

 follows : 



(a) Cleveland Peninsula: From a point on the east side of Clarence Strait at 

 55 degrees 44 minutes 7 seconds north latitude, 132 degrees 15 minutes 36 seconds 

 west longitude, southerly to Caamano Point, thence northeasterly to a point at 

 55 degrees 34 minutes 5 seconds north latitude near the south side of the entrance 

 to Smugglers Cove. A part of these waters is in the North Prince of Wales Island 

 district. 



(b) Westerly side of the Vallenar Rock Island located al)out 800 yards from the 

 northern extremity of Vallenar Point. 



(c) Gravina Island: Western and southern coasts from South Vallenar Point 

 to a point at 55 degrees 11 minutes 30 seconds north latitude near the south side 

 of the entrance to Bostwick Inlet, including the Bronaugh Islands and the rocky 

 islets adjacent to the west coast of Gravina Island south of South Vallenar 

 Point. 



(d) Gravina Island: East Coast from Bostwick Point northward to the outer 

 extremity of Blank Point. 



(e) Annette Island: West coast from a point 13^ statute miles south of Walden 

 Point to Davison Point, including the west shore of Warburton Island. 



(/) Annette Island: East coast from Reef Point to a point 1 statute mile north- 

 east of Annette Point. 



(g) Revillagigedo Island: Southwest coast from Carroll Point southward and 

 eastward to a point on the west side of Moth Bay due west of the southern extrem- 

 ity of Moth Point. 



(h) Revillagigedo Island: From Cone Point southeasterly to a point at 55 

 degrees 11 minutes 36 seconds north latitude, 131 degrees 10 minutes 42 seconds 

 west longitude, including Cone Island. 



(i) Revillagigedo Island: Within ^ statute mile of Escape Point, within 5,000 

 feet northwesterly of Indian Point, and within 13^ statute miles northeasterly 

 from a point north of Point Higgins at 55 degrees 27 minutes 45 seconds north 

 latitude, 131 degrees 49 minutes 58 seconds west longtiude. 



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