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The systematic stealing of salmon from fish traps in southeastern 
Alaska was renewed during the 1920 fishing season but was less ex- 
tensive than in 1919. Some of the cannery owners augmented their 
force of watchmen and detailed fast boats to the special duty of 
protecting their traps from these marauders. It would seem that 
one of the most certain and effective methods of bringing this ne- 
farious practice to an end would be for cannerymen or other pur- 
chasers of salmon to establish definitely the source of fish offered for 
sale by independent boats. The suppression of this practice does not 
fall within the functions of the Bureau. 
Detailed instructions issued to the Bureau’s employees in Alaska 
on May 25, 1921, prescribed methods of observance of the close 
season for fixed fishing apparatus and the proper labeling of all 
apparatus, also the procedure to be followed in inspecting such 
apparatus and in reporting and prosecuting violations of the laws 
and regulations. 
PRIVATE SALMON HATCHERIES. 
The private salmon hatcheries in Alaska have been inspected. as 
required by law. In 1921 two such hatcheries were operated. One 
of these, on Naha Stream, liberated 17,875,000 red salmon fry in 
the fiscal year 1921, and the other, located on Hugh Smith Lake, 
liberated 18,913,000 red salmon fry in the same period. The total 
rebate of taxes on canned salmon, at the rate of 40 cents a thousand 
fry released by these hatcheries, amounted to $14,515.20. 
NEW SALMON-FISHERY REGULATIONS. 
In accordance with announcements duly issued, hearings were held 
at Cordova on October 5 and at Seattle on November 18, 23, and 30, 
and December 3, 1920, for the consideration of necessary changes in 
the regulations regarding salmon fishing in Alaska. The waters 
affected are southeastern Alaska, the region between Cape Spencer 
and Cape Newenham, including Bering and Copper Rivers, and the 
Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers. As a result of these hearings the 
following order was issued on December 18, 1920: 
Hearings having been given, after due notice in accordance with law, for the 
purpose of determining the advisability of limiting or prohibiting fishing in 
certain waters in Alaska, and to amend or modify certain existing regu- 
lations, and all persons 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,” ap- 
proved 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 all herein- 
aiter-described waters of Alaska be, and is hereby, made subject to the following 
limitations and prohibitions in addition to the general restrictions already appli- 
cable by virtue of existing laws and regulations. ; 
1. Waters east of the longitude of Cape Spencer: 
(a) All fishing is prohibited in all salmon streams and their tributaries and 
lakes. 
(b) All fishing, except with purse seines and drift gill nets, is prohibited 
within 500 yards of the mouths of all salmon streams. 
(c) All fishing with purse seines and drift gill nets is prohibited within 200 
yards of the mouths of all salmon streams, and all fishing with purse seines 
and drift gill nets, as well as with all other apparatus, is prohibited within 500 
yards of the mouths of Chilkat River, Chilkoot River, Anan Creek, Hetta 
Greek, Sockeye Creek, and Naha Stream. 
