64 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



10. In the Bristol Bay district the following regulations shall be in effect : 

 (o) In Zone 2 it is pei'mitted that fisliing boats discliarge their catch 



wherever convenient, but lighters or other collecting boats shall not transport 

 salmon between the Nushagal^, tlie Egegik, and the Xaknek-Kvicluilv areas. 

 For tlie purposes of this regulation the tisliing grounds oft" Cape Ktolin sliall 

 be considered as belonging to tlie Nushagak Kiver and the Egegik grounds 

 sliall be bounded on tlie north by the parallel of Cape Chichagof. 



(6) Fishing for salmon for commercial purposes shall be conducted solely 

 by the use of drift gill nets. 



(c) Each tisliing boat may be provided with gill nets the total length of 

 which shall not exceed 200 fathoms liung measure. 



id) King-salmon nets shall have a mesh not less than 8V-j inches knit 

 measure, and red salmon nets a mesh not less than 5% inches stretched 

 measure between knots. 



(e) The use of salmon traps, beach seines, or purse seines is prohibited. 



(/) The use of motor fishing boats is prohibited in the Bristol Bay district. 



(g) Fishing for red salmon shall not begin pri(.>r to midnight of .lune '27\ 

 and shall close at or before midnight of July 25 of each year, but each 

 cannery may operate one commissary net at any time to supply fresh salmon 

 for the mess. 



(h) Fishing for king salmon with drift gill nets having a mesh not less 

 thab 8'/^ inches knit measure is permitted at any time prior to midnight 

 of July 25 of each year, at which time all fishing for salmon shall close in 

 this district. 



(0 In the Kvichak area no fishing shall be permitted above a true east 

 and west line drawn across the river from the Koggiung (Diamond J ) cannery 

 of the Alaska Packers Association. Stakes shall be set to mark this boundary. 



(i) Each cannery is required to place its fishing boats on a limit "as to 

 their daily delivery whenever the intensity of the run is such that it can not 

 pack in a safe and sanitary manner all the salmon that may be caught by 

 the gear in use. Such a limit shall become immediately effective, but no 

 salmon shall be refused which were caught before the fishermen had received 

 adequate notice. Caiiiieries will lie held responsible for the accumulation of 

 stale fish accepted in excess of the packing requirements of the (hiy. 



11. Increase in the capacity of any cannery by installing additional equip- 

 ment is prohibited. 



12. The minimum size of razor clams taken for canning is fixed at 4i/. inches 

 in total length of shell. Not more than 5 per cent of the clams used in any 

 cannery may measure less than this ininimuni. 



13. These regulations shall be subject to such annual revision by the Secre- 

 tary of Commerce as may appear advisable in view of the investigation and 

 the experience of the preceding season. They shall be in full for^e and effect 

 immediately from and after date of issue. 



AFOGNAK RESERVATIOX 



Approximately 100 natives living on Afognak and Spruce Islands 

 availed themselves of fishing privileges in the Afognak Reservation 

 in 1923 under permits issued by the bureau's representatives. These 

 are listed elsewhere under the heading of Kodiak-Afognak district 

 of the Southwestern Alaska Reservation. They operated at eight 

 localities and used beach seines almost exclusively in taking salmon. 

 The total catch was 268,178 salmon, or an increase of 94,923 over the 

 catch of 1922. The gains by species were as follows: Humpbacks 

 2,781, kings 16, reds 104,612. Cohos fell off 12,103 and chunis 383. 

 The catch was sold by the natives to the canneries of the Kadiak 

 Fisheries Co., Katmai Packing Co., and Pajoman & Trout. 



In order to permit an escapement of salmon to the several spawn- 

 ing areas in the reservation, close seasons of a few days were ordered 

 and enforced at the more important localities. The districts thus 

 affected were Little Afognak, Seal Bay, Paramanof Bay, and Ma- 

 lina. While the escapement in most localities Avas regarded as good,. 



