FISHERY INDUSTRIES. £1 
Following the hearing on November 20, 1918, the Department 
under date of December 14, 1918, promulgated the following order: 
A hearing having been given at Seattle, Wash., November 20, 1918, after due 
notice in accordance with law, for the purpose of determining the advisability of 
establishing a salmon-breeding reserve of certain waters in Alaska, and all persons 
having had full opportunity to be heard, it is hereby ordered, by virtue of the au- 
thority vested in me by section 6 of ‘“‘An Act for the protection and regulation of the 
fisheries of Alaska,’’ approved June 26, 1906, that until further notice all fishing for 
salmon or other fishing in the prosecution of which salmon are taken or injured, in 
the Yukon River and all tributary waters, and in all waters of its delta to and includ- 
ing the area 500 yards outside each mouth or slough of the delta at mean high tide, 
be and is hereby made subject to the following limitations and prohibitions in addi- 
tion to the general restrictions already applicable by virtue of existing laws and 
regulations: 
i. That in 1919, and in each year thereafter unless otherwise ordered in the manner 
prescribed by law, not to exceed 30,000 cases (forty-eight 1-pound cans per case, or 
the equivalent thereof) of canned salmon, 1,000 barrels (200 pounds net weight each) 
of pickled or hard-salted salmon, and 200 tierces (800 pounds net weight each) of 
mild-cured salmon, of all species, shall be prepared for commercial purposes or export; 
these quantities to be apportioned, after a conference with the local representative 
of the Bureau of Fisheries, as equitably as practicable among the persons or com- 
panies with established plants. Promptly at the end of each calendar week each 
individual or company shall submit a statement to the said representative of the 
Bureau of Fisheries showing the number of cases, barrels, and tierces of salmon thus 
prepared to date, and shall submit also a record of the number of salmon of each 
species taken daily. 
2. That no salmon to be prepared by canning, pickling, or mild curing for ship- 
ment from Alaska shall be caught above the junction of the Clear River with the 
Yukon River near Andreafski. 
3. That commercial fishing in the waters of the Yukon delta shall be limited to 
Kwikluak Pass, commonly known as the south mouth or channel. 
4, That the use of traps or pound nets in the Yukon River and its delta is prohibited. 
5. That no gill net, seine, or other net used in the Yukon River and its delta shall 
exceed 700 feet in length. 
6. That all commercial fishing, except for local requirements, is prohibited after 
August 31 of each year. 
This order becomes effective January 1, 1919. 
Under date of September 16, 1918, announcement was made of a 
hearing to be held in respect to Copper River. The text of the 
announcement was as follows: 
Whereas it has been recommended that the Secretary of Commerce amend the 
order ef December 29, 1917, effective January 1, 1918, limiting fishing in the Copper 
River, Alaska, its delta, and its tributary waters, notice is hereby given under the 
provisions of section 6 of the act of Congress approved June 26, 1906, entitled ‘“‘An Act 
for the protection and regulation of the fisheries of Alaska,’’ that a hearing to deter- 
mine the advisability of further limiting fishery operations or of modifying the exist- 
ing limitations on such operations in the aforesaid waters will be held at the office 
of the Bureau of Fisheries, 1217 L. C. Smith Building, Seattle, Wash., on November 
22, oe at 10 o’clock a. m., at which time and place all persons interested will be 
eard. 
Following the hearing on November 22, 1918, the Department, 
under date of December 20, 1918, promulgated the following order: 
A hearing having been given at Seattle, Wash., November 22, 1918, after due 
notice in accordance with law, for the purpose of determining the advisability of 
amending the order of December 29, 1917, effective January 1, 1918, establishing a 
salmon-breeding reserve and limiting fishing in the Copper River, Alaska, its delta 
and its tributary waters, and all perpons having had full opportunity to be heard, it 
is hereby ordered, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 6 of ‘‘An Act 
for the protection and regulation of the fisheries of Alaska,’? approved June 26, 1906, 
that until further notice all fishing for salmon or other fishing in the prosecution of 
which salmon are taken or injured, in the Copper River and its delta and all tribu- 
tary waters, Alaska, be and is hereby made subject to the following limitations and 
prohibitions in addition to the general restrictions already applicable by virtue of 
_ existing laws and regulations: 
