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Three set gill nets, the owners of which were not apprehended, were 

 found fishing inside Walhalla Slough. The nets and fish were con- 

 fiscated, and the latter were sold for $26.35. 



One prosecution was brought for the taking of undersized clams in 

 the Cordova district. The defendant pleaded guilty before the 

 United States Commissioner and paid a fine of $25. The illegal catch 

 of clams was sold for $16.50 for the account of the Government. 



A charge was brought against the Premier Salmon Co. for having 

 a floating trap located on a site in Port Etches not open to trap fish- 

 ing. Upon investigation it was found that a mistake had been made 

 in the regulations describing the area in which trap fishing was per- 

 missible and in which this company's trap had been operated con- 

 tinuously for a number of years. Regulations were amended to 

 properly describe this trap site and the charges were dismissed. 



Considerable dispute had arisen in the last year or two at the 

 opening of the fishing season regarding gill-net locations in the Red 

 River area, chiefly in the vicinity of Bumble Bay, where certain 

 fishermen have been unwilling to comply with the practice formerly 

 adhered to, that an individual's right to a location he had operated 

 in the previous year would not be usurped if he were on hand at the 

 opening of the season to resume fishing at that place. When the 

 warden found a number of gill nets in Bumble Bay too close together 

 on the day the fishing season opened, the operators were given 1 hour 

 to come to an agreement among themselves as to which should move 

 in order to maintain the required distance interval between the nets, 

 and the proper adjustment was made without court action. Later 

 in the season two gill nets were found fishing in Bumble Bay during a 

 weekly closed period. The owner of one of the nets was arrested and 

 taken before the Commissioner's court at Kodiak, where he pleaded 

 guilty and was fined $50. The owner of the other net was not found, 

 and the net was turned over to the United States marshal for public 

 sale. 



In the Cook Inlet area two native fishermen were arrested for 

 fishing on Salamato Beach with gill nets less that the required 600 

 feet apart. They were tried before the Commissioner at Kenai and 

 fined $20 each. A fisherman in outboard power dory 31C530 was 

 found fishing in the vicinity of Kenai River with a drift gill net 139 

 fathoms long, or 39 fathoms in excess of the maximum length per- 

 mitted on any one boat in this area. Upon trial in the Commis- 

 sioner's court the defendant pleaded guilty and was fined $100. His 

 catch of 67 red and 1 king salmon was seized and sold for Government 

 account. Two cases involving three gill-net operators charged with 

 fishing in a weekly closed period were tried before the United States 

 Commissioner at Anchorage: a joint fine of $50 was imposed on two 

 partners, and the individual operator likewise was fined $50. 



In the Bristol Bay area two fishermen were apprehended for laying 

 out gill nets from a skiff that was being towed by a power boat near 

 Clarks Slough. They were taken before the Commissioner's court at 

 Snag Point, where they pleaded guilty and were fined $80 each, or 

 40 days in jail. The fines were paid, and the boats, nets, and fish 

 were returned to the operators. 



Two fishermen on the Alaska Packers Association's boat No. 44- 

 were arrested on July 17 for using gill nets of illegal sized mesh. 



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