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1. During closed periods the heart walls of all salmon traps within the areas 

 affected shall be lifted or lowered in accordance with the method prescribed by 

 section 5 of the act of June 6, 1924. The tunnels from hearts to pots of all salmon 

 traps shall be constructed of flexible webbing other than wire, and during all 

 closed periods they shall be completely closed by pulling to one side of the pot. 

 In addition, the spillers of all driven traps shall be raised to within 4 feet of the 

 capping and the spillers of floating traps shall be raised to within 4 feet of the 

 surface within 36 hours after the beginning of any seasonal closed period. Within 

 36 hours after the beginning of any seasonal closed period the tunnels from pots 

 to spillers of all traps shall be entirely disconnected. In respect to traps not 

 provided with spillers, the requirements in regard to spillers shall apply to the 

 pots. In any prescribed fishing area prior to the first date when salmon traps 

 may be operated in any calendar year, no trap or any part thereof, whether under 

 construction or after completion, shall be so arranged or adjusted as to prevent 

 the free and unobstructed passage at all times of all fish. 



2. No trap shall have more than two spillers. 



3. The use of any so-called hammer-head trap or any modification thereof is 

 prohibited. 



4. All trap leads shall be operated in substantially a straight line. 



5. No salmon trolling boat shall carry or operate any seine or more than one 

 gill net. The gill net shall be of mesh not more than 2^4 inches stretched measure 

 between knots, shall not be of greater than No. 20 gill net thread, and shall not 

 exceed 10 fathoms in length and 100 meshes in depth. 



6. The use of any trawl in commercial fishery operations is prohibited : Provided, 

 That this prohibition shall not apply to fishing operations conducted solely for 

 the purpose of taking shrimp. 



7. The time used in the various areas for the enforcement of the law and the 

 regulations that specify hours and days shall be as follows: 



(a) In the southeastern Alaska area: Standard time of the one hundred and 

 thirty-fifth meridian of west longitude, which is 1 hour slower than Seattle 

 standard time. 



(6) In the Bering River, Copper River, Prince William Sound, Resurrection 

 Bay, Cook Inlet, Kodiak, Chignik, Alaska Peninsula, and Bristol Bay areas: 

 Standard time of the one hundred and fiftieth meridian of west longitude, which 

 is 2 hours slower than Seattle standard time. 



(c) In the Aleutian Islands and Yukon-Kuskokwim areas: Standard time of 

 the one hundred and sixty-fifth meridian of west longitude, which is 3 hours 

 slower than Seattle standard time. 



8. All persons engaged in fishery operations are warned to give due regard to 

 all markers erected by the Department of Commerce. 



9. In waters where a rack or weir is maintained by the Bureau of Fisheries for 

 the purpose of counting salmon ascending to the spawning grounds, records of 

 the catch of salmon shall be furnished daily by aU operators to the local repre- 

 sentative of the Bureau of Fisheries in charge, and upon notification by the Com- 

 missioner of Fisheries or his authorized representative that an excessive pro- 

 portion of the run is being taken so that the escapement of any species is less than 

 the 50 per cent specified by section 2 of the act of June 6, 1924, all commercial 

 fishing operations shall at once be discontinued and shall not be resumed until 

 permission therefor is granted by the Commissioner of Fisheries or his duly 

 authorized representative. And if in any year it shall appear that the run of 

 salmon in such waters has diminished there shall be required a correspondingly 

 increased escapement, and upon notification by the Commissioner of Fisheries 

 or his authorized representative all commercial fishery operations shall cease 

 and shall not be resumed until such increased escapement has been secured. 



10. The driving of salmon downstream and the causing of salmon to go outside 

 the protected area at the mouth of any salmon stream are expressly prohibited. 



11. During the inspection of the salmon fisheries by the agents and repre- 

 sentatives of this department they shall have at all times free and unobstructed 

 access to all canneries, salteries, and other fishing establishments and to all 

 hatcheries. 



12. All persons, companies, or corporations owning, operating, or using any 

 stake net, set net, trap net, pound net, or fish wheel for taking salmon or other 

 fishes shall cause to be placed in a conspicuous place on said trap net, pound net, 

 stake net, set net, or fish wheel the name of the person, company, or corporation 

 owning, operating, or using same, together with a distinctive number, letter, or 

 name which shall identify each particular stake net, set net, trap net, pound 

 net, or fish wheel, said lettering and numbering to consist of black figures and 

 etters, not less than 6 inches in length, painted on white ground. 



