12 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1917. 



1. Commercial fishing is prohibited in all waters of the Copper River delta from 

 6 a. m. on January 1 to 6 a. m. on June 1 of each year, and in the waters of Miles Lake 

 and Abercrombie Canyon from 6 a. m. on January 1 to 6 a. m. on June 5 of each year. 



2. A weekly close season from 6 p. m. Saturday to 6 a. m. of the Monday following 

 shall be observed in all of the waters herein referred to in which fishing is permitted. 



3. Commercial fishing in the waters of the delta shall be limited to set nets, stake 

 nets, and drift gill nets: Provided, however, That the four existing traps east of Cape 

 Whitshed may be continued in operation, but without change of location or increase 

 in size. No stake net, set net, or drift gill net shall exceed 1,000 feet in length. Only 

 one stake net or set net shall be extended out from shore from one location, and no 

 offshore stake nets or set nets will be permitted; the lateral distance interval between 

 all such nets in the waters of the delta shall be not less than 1,800 feet. 



4. All fishing is prohibited from the head of the delta to the foot of Miles Lake at 

 all times. 



5. All fishing in Miles Lake shall be limited to stake nets and set nets. No such 

 net shall exceed 600 feet in length, and only one such net shall be extended out from 

 shore from one location; no offshore nets will be permitted in the lake. The lateral 

 distance interval between all nets in Miles Lake shall be not less than 600 feet. 



6. Fishing in Abercrombie Canyon shall be restricted to the use of dip nets operated 

 by hand, such nets not to exceed 16 inches in greatest diameter and only one dip 

 net shall be operated by a person. On the east side of the canyon there shall be 

 distance intervals of at least 300 feet between fishermen operating dip nets. No 

 fishing will be permitted in the so-called Bear Holes, near the upper end of Aber- 

 crombie Canyon. 



7. No fishing will be permitted at any time in the waters of the Copper River above 

 Abercrombie Canyon, or in any of the waters tributary thereto, except in the 

 case of local residents who may take limited numbers of salmon for domestic use: 

 Provided, That such fishing shall at no time be upon the spawning grounds of any 

 salmon. 



8. No set net or stake net shall be operated in any other than substantially a straight 

 line. 



9. For the purposes herein considered, the delta of the Copper River will be re- 

 garded as including all waters south of an east-and-west line passing through Mile 27 

 on the Copper River & Northwestern Railway, as at present established, and inside 

 of a line from Point Martin to Cape T\Tiitshed drawn so as to include the waters of the 

 Martin Islands, the Egg Islands, and all tidal flats and islands between. 



10. The lower end of Miles Lake shall be considered as at the bridge of the Copper 

 River & Northwestern Railway at Mile 49. The upper end of Miles Lake shall be 

 considered as at a point near Mile 52^ on the Copper River & Northwestern Railway 

 where the river loses its identity in the lake, this point to be as indicated by notices 

 posted by duly authorized representatives of the Bureau of Fisheries. 



11. Abercrombie Canyon shall be considered as extending from the upper end of 

 Miles Lake to Tunnel Point, near Mile 53J on the Copper River & Northwestern 

 Railway. 



12. For the purposes of this order the following definitions are adopted to apply 

 to the words in question where the same are used: "Stake net," a gill net attached 

 or affixed to piles or stakes. "Set net," an anchored gill net. 



This order becomes effective January 1, 1918. 



Previous orders by the Secretary of Commerce place special limi- 

 tations and inhibitions upon operations in the following waters: 

 In western Alaska — Wood and Nushagak Rivers; in central Alaska — ■ 

 all streams flowing into Cook Inlet, Eyak Lake, and a limitation on 

 fishing in Eyak Kiver; in southeast Alaska — Anan Creek, Naha 

 Stream, all waters tributary to Barnes Lake, Prince of Wales Island, 

 Hetta Creek and its tributary waters and the region within 500 yards 

 of the mouth of said creek; and Sockeye Creek, its tributary Boca de 

 Quadra waters, and the region within 500 yards of the mouth of 

 said creek. By authority of Executive order and proclamation, 

 limitations have been placed upon fishing in the following additional 

 waters: Afognak Reservation, Aleutian Islands Reservation, Yes 

 Bay and Stream, and the Annette Island Fishery Reserve. 



