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A speed boat equipped with a 125-liorsepower marine engine was 

 operated in the vicinity of Juneau. Three 80-horsepower speed 

 boats were also in use — 1 on Bristol Bay, 1 on Prince William Sound, 

 and 1 in the Wrangell district. The speed boat on Prince William 

 Sound was destroyed by an explosion on July 27. Its engine was 

 salvaged and has been reconditioned for use in a new boat that will 

 be built to replace the one lost. There were 19 skiffs and dories 

 equipped with outboard motors in operation by the Bureau^ — 2 in 

 southeast Alaska, 3 in the Seward-Katalla district, 4 on Cook Inlet, 

 5 in the Kodiak area, 1 at Chignik, and 4 in the Alaska Peninsula 

 area. 



In addition to the foregoing, a few boats were charted for patrolling 

 the fishing grounds, as follows: The gas boat Mars in the Ketchikan 

 district, the Wingham in the Seward-Katalla district, and the launch 

 Marie S on the Kuskokwim River. 



AERIAL PATROL 



The use of airplanes under charter from commercial companies 

 was again important in supplementing the vessel patrol of the fisliing 

 grounds in southeast Alaska and the Seward-Katalla district. Planes 

 were used also to make inspections of some of the spawning grounds 

 and to transport officials of the Bureau to isolated districts. During 

 the 1935 season a total of 16,191 nautical miles was traveled in these 

 activities, on 40 different days, the total flying time amounting to 

 about 166 hours. 



COMPLAINTS AND PROSECUTIONS 



A trap of Libby, McNeill & Libby at Arucenas Point, Suemez 

 Island, was found set for fishing on the morning of July 29 before 

 the end of the weekly closed period. The case was tried before the 

 United States Commissioner at Ketchikan and a fine of $750 was 

 imposed, plus $5 to cover the cost of hiring a trap watchman, upon 

 payment of which the trap was released to the owner. 



Five purse-seine boats in southeast Alaska were seized for fishing 

 in closed waters. Of these, the Bluebird, with a crew of four, was 

 operating within 75 yards of the mouth of White River, George Inlet. 

 The owner, captain, and one other man pleaded guilty in the Com- 

 missioner's court at Ketchikan and were fined $75 each. The fourth 

 member of the crew pleaded not guilty, and on trial by jury he was 

 acquitted. In the case of the Kansas and Leba, each with a crew of 

 5 natives, which operated in closed waters near the mouth of Calder 

 Creek, fines of $298.94 and $325, respectively, w^ere imposed, while 

 the salmon aboard the vessels at the time of their seizure were sold 

 for $101.06 and $292.55, and the proceeds were turned over to the 

 Department of Justice. A fine of $325 was imposed on the crew of 

 five natives on the Nora, found fishing inside the markers at the 

 mouth of Klakas Creek. Two fox farmers using the seine boat Lois W 

 were fined $50 each for fishing in Calder Creek. 



Two operators of gill-net boats, found fishing inside the markers 

 at Taku River, were given a 3-month suspended sentence. A 60-day 

 suspended sentence was imposed on the operator of the gill-net boat 

 Raven for fishing inside the markers at the mouth of Mill Creek, and 

 the gear was confiscated. A case was brought in the Commissioner's 



