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of $250 each were imposed on tlie owners of the U & I and the Star 

 Lite and $200 on the owner of the Zlarin for fishinfi; in Little Port 

 Walter. Five fishermen operating gill net boats T88, T2319, and 

 T391 in closed waters of Chiikat Inlet were fined $35 each. The 

 owner of the seine boat Katie was lined $150 for fishing in the north 

 arm of Tebenkof Bay. Six men, who fished with the seine boat 

 Sykes inside markers at Chickamin River, were fined $50 each. 

 Fines of $250 each were assessed in connection with illegal fishing by 

 the seine boats North Star and Lincoln near the month of the stream 

 entering Saltery Cove in Skowl Arm. The seine boat Billie M was 

 seized on October 1 for fishing inside the markers at Dolomi Bay. 

 A fine of $250 was imposed upon the crew, but as they were unable 

 to raise the money they were sentenced to jail, the master for 25 

 days and the other three members of the crew for 13 days each. 



The power boat Per Gynt, owned and operated by the Alaska 

 Pacific Salmon Corporation, was seized for fishing within the closed 

 area of Nutkwa Inlet and during a weekly closed period. A fine of 

 $400 was imposed on the company and $200 each on the 5 members 

 of the crew, 4 of whom were unable- to raise the amount and served 

 a jail sentence of 100 days at Ketchikan. The seine boat Dixie was 

 seized for fishing within the closed area of Saltery Creek and the 

 master was fined $300. The seine boat CoUetta was seized for fishing 

 inside stream markers in the south arm of Cholmondeley Sound on 

 October 4, and a fine of $250 was imposed on the master, upon pay- 

 ment of which the boat was released. Inasmuch as it has subse- 

 quently been show^n that the stream so marked is not a salmon 

 stream, recommendation has been made that the fine be remitted. 

 The master of the herring seine boat Pronto was fined $200 for fishing 

 near Eagle Harbor, Lynn Canal. 



Other violations in southeastern Alaska during the season were as 

 follows: Masters of the seine boats T. A. Hinote and Dorothy D 

 were arrested for setting seines within 100 yards of seines previously 

 set and were fined $150 each. Three Metlakatlans, the crew of the 

 seine boat Claire, were arrested for fishing during a closed season to 

 supply halibut boats with fresh salmon for bait and were fined $300, 

 $200, and $100, respectively. The owner of the trolling boat R & B 

 was fined $200 for fishing in a weekly closed period. A fine of $150 

 was imposed on a fisherman for using a gill net of more than 150 

 fathoms in Taku Inlet, and two men operating the trolling boat 

 T72Ji. were fined $37.50 each for having on board a gill net of 6-inch 

 mesh and in excess of the maximum length permitted on trolling 

 boats. Three seine boats — Kitty, Robert Barron, and Star Lite — were 

 found fishing on October 12 in the south arm of Hood Bay with 

 seines less than 150 fathoms each. The owner of the Kitty was sen- 

 tenced to serve 15 days in jail, the owner of the Robert Barron paid 

 a fine of $150, and in the case of the Star Lite condemnation proceed-, 

 ings were postponed until the following spring, inasmuch as an ac- 

 cident to the bureau's vessel Widgeon prevented towing the boat to 

 Juneau. 



The boat T992 was seized on October 1 for fishing with seine during 

 a closed season and the master was fined $250. Complaint was filed 

 against the operator of a seine which was stretched completely across 

 the head of Cascade Inlet to impound herring, thus preventing the 

 free passage of herring in and out of the inlet. The defendant en- 



