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at the end of the first proviso thereof another proviso to read as follows: "Provided 

 further, That in the area embracing Bristol Bay and the arms and tributaries 

 thereof, no person shall at any time fish for or take salmon with a stake net or 

 set net, for commercial purposes, unless such person shall have theretofore con- 

 tinuously resided for the period of at least five years within a radius of thirty miles 

 of the place where such net is staked or set:" 

 Approved, August 14, 1937. 



NEW FISHERY REGULATIONS 



The regulations for the protection of the fisheries of Alaska, issued 

 February 8, 1937, were amended by the following regulations issued 

 by the Acting Secretary of Commerce under the dates indicated: 



[July IS, 1937] 



Prince William Sound Area 



Salmon fishery. — Regulation No. 12 (w) is amended to read as follows: "Hinch- 

 inbrook Island: Within one-half statute mile eastward of a point on the south side 

 of Port Etches at 146 degrees 40 minutes west longitude." 



[July 30, 1937] 



Prince William Sound Area 



Salmon fishery. — Regulation No. 10 is amended to read as follows: "Commercial 

 fishing for salmon is prohibited during the remainder of each calendar year after 

 6 o'clock antemeridian August 2: Provided, That this prohibition shall not apply 



(a) to trolling and gill netting through August 22 in the waters along the western 

 coast from the outer point on the north shore of Granite Bay (known as Granite 

 Bay Point) to the light on the south shore of the entrance to Port Nellie Juan, 



(b) to trolling in the period from 6 o'clock antemeridian August 5 to 6 o'clock 

 postmeridian September 20 in the waters of Prince William Sound east of 147 de- 

 grees west longitude, exclusive of all waters of Valdez Arm north of Point Free- 

 mantle, and (c) to the operation of set or anchored gill nets in the period from 6 

 o'clock antemeridian August 5 to 6 o'clock postmeridian September 20 in the 

 waters of Valdez Arm east of 146 degrees 25 minutes west longitude. All trap 

 leads from shore to entrance of hearts must be removed prior to 6 o'clock ante- 

 meridian August 6." 



[August 23, 1937] 



Southeastern Alaska Area 

 clarence strait district 



Salmon fishery. — 1. Regulation No. 6 is amended so as to prohibit commercial 

 fishing for salmon, other than trolling, north of a line extending from Narrow 

 Point to Ernest Point from 6 o'clock postmeridian August 26 to 6 o'clock ante- 

 meridian October 1, and for the remainder of the calendar year after 6 o'clock post- 

 meridian October 15. 



2. Regulation No. 7 is amended so as to prohibit commercial fishing for salmon, 

 other than trolling, between a line extending from Narrow Point to Ernest Point 

 and a line extending from Approach Point to Caamano Point from 6 o'clock post- 

 meridian August 24 to 6 o'clock antemeridian October 1, and for the remainder of 

 the calendar year after 6 o'clock postmeridian October 15. 



[August 26, 1937] 



Southeastern Alaska Area 



south prince of wales island district 



Salmon fishery. — Regulation No. 6 is amended so as to prohibit commercial 

 fishing for salmon, other than trolling, from 6 o'clock postmeridian August 27 to 

 6 o'clock antemeridian October 1, and for the remainder of the calendar year after 

 6 o'clock postmeridian October 15. 



