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16. Naked hooks and spears prohibited. — No spear, grappling hook, or naked 

 hook, and no artificial bait witli more than tliree hooks, or more than one burr 

 of three hooks attached thereto, sliall be used for the cajjture of lish in treaty- 

 waters. This regulation shall not prohibit the use of a gatf in hook-and-line 

 fishing. 



17. Torching prohibited. — No torch, flambeau, or other artificial light shall be 

 used as a lure for fish in treaty waters. 



The following regulations relate specifically to the waters named : 



STRAIT OF JTJAN DE FpCA AND ADJACENT WATERS 



The following regulations (62 to 66, inclusive) shall apply to the Strait of Juan 

 de Fuca, those parts of Washington Sound, the Gulf of Georgia, and Puget 

 Sound lying between the parallels of 48° 10' and 49° 20' north latitude: 



6il. Close season for salmon. — From August 25 to September 15 in each year, 

 both days inclusive, no salmon or steelhead shall be fished for, killed, or captured 

 for commercial purposes in these treaty waters; provided, however, that in the 

 waters to the westward of a line drawn southward from Gonzales Point to the 

 shore of the State of Washington silver salmon, or coho salmon, may be fished for, 

 killed, or captured from September 1 to September 15 in each year, both days 

 inclusive. 



63. Weekly close season for salmon and steelhead. — From 6 o'clock Saturday 

 morning to 6 o'clock on the Monday morning next succeeding, no salmon or 

 steelhead sliall be fished for, killed, or captured in these treaty waters. 



It is, however, provided that in the waters to the westward of a line drawn 

 southward from Gonzales Point to the shore of the State of W'ashington the 

 weekly close season shall begin 12 hours earlier, and shall end 12 hours earlier. 



64- Construction of pound nets. — All pound nets or other stationary api)liances 

 for the capture of salmon or steelhead shall be so constructed that no fish whatever 

 shall be taken during the weekly close season. The erection or addition to the 

 pound net'of a jigger is prohibited. 



65. Location of pound nets.— AW pound nets shall be limited to a length of 2,500 

 feet, with an end passageway of at least 600 feet between one pound net and the 

 ne.xt in a linear series, such distance being measured in continuation of the line of 

 direction of the leader of such net, and a lateral passageway of at least 2,400 feet 

 between one pound net and the next. 



On and after January 1, 1911, the mesh in pound nets shall be 4 inches in 

 extension in the leader and not less than 3 inches in other parts of the net. 



66. Nets other than pound nets. — No jjurse net shall be used within 3 miles of the 

 mouth of any river and no seine within 1 mile of the mouth of any river in these 

 treaty waters. 



No gill net of more than 900 feet in length or of a greater depth than 60 meshes 

 shall be used in these treaty waters. 



The effort to enact these regulations into law by our Congress met 

 with decided objections not only on the part of the Puget Sound 

 operators, but also from operators in other waters affected, with the 

 result that the bill was shelved and never acted upon finally. After 

 waiting a while to see if any action would be taken by our Govern- 

 ment, Canada finally repealed the act in which it had accepted the 

 regulations. 



DECREASE IN SOCKEYE SALMON RUN 



In 1913 the matter of the Fraser Kiver-Puget Sound sockeye salmon 

 run came prominentl}^ to the fore through a rock slide in Hell Gate 

 Canyon, on the Fraser River, caused by blasting operations of a 

 construction gang building a railroad through there. This shde, it 

 was asserted, cut ofl" the greater part of theTun to the upper river, and, 

 it was feared, would have a very serious effect on future runs. By the 

 time the run of 1914 arrived the greater part of the debris had been 

 removed from the canyon, and the fish, it was alleged, could once more 

 pass up. Reports of persons who visited these spawning grounds in 

 1913 and subsequent years were to the efi'ect that but few spawners, 

 as compared with earlier years, were to be found on them. 



