4 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Southeastern Alaska Area 

 western district 



Salmon fishery. — 1. Regulation No. 20 (l) is amended to read as follows: 

 Admiralty Island: West coast (1) from 57 degrees 38 minutes north latitide to 

 57 degrees 39 minutes 15 seconds north latitude, (2) from 57 degrees 40 minutes 

 40 seconds north latitude to 57 degrees 45 minutes north latitude, (3) from 57 

 degrees 49 minutes 55 seconds north latitude to 57 degrees 51 minutes north 

 latitude, (4) from 57 degrees 54 minutes 45 seconds north latitude to 57 degrees 

 56 minutes 20 seconds north latitude, and (5) from 57 degrees 57 minutes 50 

 seconds north latitude to 58 degrees 2 minutes north latitude. 



2. Regulation No. 20 (o) is amended to read as follows: Admiralty Island: 

 West Coast (1) from a point north of Wilson Cove at 57 degrees 10 minutes 30 

 seconds north latitude to 57 degrees 10 minutes 40 seconds north latitude, (2) 

 within 2,500 feet of a point at 57 degrees 12 minutes north latitude, and (3) 

 within 1,000 feet of a point at 57 degrees 13 minutes 50 seconds north latitude. 



[July 3, 1935] 



Bristol Bay Area 



Salmon fishery.- — 1. Commercial fishing for salmon is prohibited except within 

 the following-described districts: 



(o) Hagemeister district: Waters of Hagemeister Strait from 161 degrees 40 

 minutes west longitude to 160 degrees 38 minutes west longtitude. 



{b) Nushagak district: Waters of Nushagak Bay within a line from Point 

 Protection to Etolin Point. 



(c) Kvichak-Naknek district: Waters of Kvichak Bay within a line from Etolia 

 Point to Middle Bluff Light on the eastern side of Kvichak Bay. 



(d) Egegik district: Waters between an east and west line 8 statute miles north 

 of South Spit, Egegik Bay, and an east and west line 10 statute miles south of 

 South Spit. 



2. Commercial fishing for salmon shall be conducted solely by drift gill nets, 

 set or anchored gill nets, and stake gill nets. The use of all other forms of fishing 

 gear is prohibited. 



3. Each drift gill net in operation shall be marked by a cluster of floats or corks 

 at the ends, and double floats or corks shall be attached to the cork line at 

 25-fathom intervals. The clusters of floats or corks at the ends and the double 

 floats or corks at the 25-fatliom intervals shall be painted bright red and legibly 

 and plainly marked with the initials of the operator. 



4. Stake nets and set or anchored gill nets shall be operated in substantially 

 a straight line. 



5. Commercial fishing for salmon with stake nets or set or anchored gill nets 

 shall be limited to beach areas between high and low water marks and shall be 

 confined to the following places: 



(a) Nushagak district: Along the beach, except on the west side of Nushagak 

 Bay from a point 2 statute miles south of Bradford Point to Coff"ee Point, and 

 except along the east side of that bay from the northern end of Ekuk Bluff to 

 Etolin Point. 



(6) Kvichak Bay: Along the beach on the southeast shore of the bay from 

 Prosper Creek to Coffee Creek. 



(c) Naknek Bay: Along the beach on each side of the bay to a point 1,200 

 yards above the drift gill net iirohibitive markers and to a point 1,500 yards 

 outside such markers. 



(d) Egegik Bay: Along the beach on the north side of the bay to a point 2,000 

 yards outside the drift gill net prohibitive marker and on the south side of the bay 

 to a point 5,000 yards outside such marker. 



6. The combined take of red salmon for commercial purposes in the Hage- 

 meister district shall not exceed 50,000 fish in any calendar year. 



7. The total aggregate length of stake nets used by any individual shall not 

 exceed 50 fathoms measured on the cork line. 



8. The total aggregate length of gill nets on any salmon fishing boat, or in use 

 by such boat, shall not exceed 150 fathoms hung measure. 



9. King-salmon nets shall have a mesh of at least 8}^ inches stretched measure 

 between knots, and red-salmon nets shall have a mesh of at least 5^4 inches 

 stretched measure between knots as measured when actually in use. No red- 

 salmon nets shall be over 28 meshes deep. 



