PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES 511 



Section 5 



No net fishing or fishing of any kind, other than with liook and line, except for 

 hatchery purposes, or scientific purposes, shall be pennissible in the Fraser River 

 above the down river side of Mission Bridge. 



Section 6 



During the years 1920 to 1927, both years inclusive, no one shall fish for, catch 

 or kill any salmon from the 20th day of July to the 31st day of July in each year, 

 both days inclusive; and during this close time, no nets or appliances of any kind 

 that will capture salmon may be used in these treaty waters; Provided, however, 

 That salmon fishing for hatchery or scientific purposes may be authorized during 

 this period. 



Section 7 



The weekly close time for salmon fishing shall be from six o'clock a. m. Saturday 

 to six o'clock p. m. Sunday, in Canadian waters, excepting in that portion of the 

 Fraser River between New Westminster Bridge and Mission Bridge, where the 

 weekly close time shall be from six o'clock a. m. Saturday to six o'clock p. m. on 

 the following Monday, and in the treaty waters of the United States from Frida}^ 

 at four o'clock p. m. to Sunday at four o'clock a. m. and during this close time no 

 salmon fishing of anj^ kind other than for hatchery or scientific purposes sliall be 

 permissible, and during the full period of each weekly close time or annual close 

 season, each trap net shall be closed by an apron across the outer entrance to the 

 heart of the trap, which apron shall extend from the surface to the bottom of the 

 water and shall be securely connected to the piles on either side of the heart of the 

 trap net, fastened by rings not more than tw^o feet apart on taut wires stretched 

 from the top to the bottom of the piles, and such apron, or the appliance by which 

 it is raised and lowered, shall be provided with a signal or flag, which shall dis- 

 close whether the trap net is closed, and which shall be of the form and character 

 approved by the commission: Provided, that in addition to the foregoing require- 

 ment, such trap net shall be equipped with a V-shaped opening, to the satisfaction 

 of the commission, and in the lead of such trap net next to the entrance to the 

 heart and immediately adjacent to the apron, of at least ten feet in width at the 

 top and extending below the surface at least four feet below low water, which V- 

 shaped opening shall remain open and unobstructed during the full period of each 

 weekly close time or annual close season. For the purposes of assuring full com- 

 j)liance with this regulation, the owner or operator of each trap net shall constantly 

 maintain during the weekly and annual close time a watchman, whose duty it 

 shall be to cause each trap net to be kept closed and the lead to be kept open, as 

 above provided. 



Section 8 



All salmon trap nets shall be limited to a total length of tw^enty-five hundred 

 feet, with an end passageway of at least six hundred feet between one trap net and 

 the next in linear series, such distances being measured in continuation of the line of 

 direction of the leader of such trap net, but in no instance shall more than two- 

 thirds of the width of any passageway at any point be closed by trap nets. There 

 shall also be a lateral distance of at least tw^enty-four hundred feet between one 

 trap net and the next. 



Section 9 



A salmon purse seine shall not exceed nineteen hundred linear feet in length, in- 

 cluding the lead and attachment, measured on the cork line when wet. 



Section 10 



(a) No purse seine shall be cast or placed in the water for fishing purposes 

 within twentj'-four hundred feet of any trap net. 



(b) The use of purse seines for the capture of sockeye salmon shall be confined 

 to the treaty waters southward and w-estward of a straight line drawn from the 

 lighthouse on Trial Island, British Columbia, to the northwest point of Whidbey 

 Island, State of Washington. 



Section 11 



A salmon drift net shall not exceed nine hundred linear feet in length, and the 

 vertical breadth thereof shall not exceed sixty meshes, and the size of the mesh 

 shall not be less than five and three-fourths inches, extension measure, when in use. 



