40 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 
2. All fishing is prohibited in all salmon streams, their tributaries and lakes 
and within 500 yards of the mouths of such streams flowing into the Pacifie 
Ocean or Bering Sea between Cape Spencer and Cape Newenham, except as 
follows: 
(a) Fishing is permitted in Copper River and its tributaries in accordance 
with the terms of the order promulgated December 20, 1918, which order is 
eontinued in full force’ until September 1, 1921, upon which date said order of 
December 20, 1918, becomes of no further force or effect, and on and after 
September 1, 1921, and until further notice, all fishing for salmon, or other 
fishing in the prosecution of which salmon are taken or injured, in the Copper 
River, its tributaries and lakes, and within 500 yards of each mouth of the 
Copper River is prohibited. 
(0) Fishing is permitted at Karluk beyond the zone 100 yards outside the 
mouth of Karluk River where it breaks through Karluk Spit into Shelikof 
Strait. 
(c) Fishing is permitted in Ugashik River below a line extending at right 
angles across the Ugashik 500 yards below the mouth of King Salmon R’ver. 
38. On and after September 1, 1921, all fishing is prohibited in the Kuskokwim 
River, its tributaries and lakes, and within 500 yards of the mouth of the 
Kuskokwim for other than local use in Alaska. 
4. Fishing is permitted in the Yukon River and its tributaries in accordance 
with the terms of the order promulgated December 14, 1918, which order is 
continued in full force until September 1, 1921, on which date said order of 
December 14, 1918, becomes of no further force or effect, and on and after 
September 1, 1921, and until further notice, all fishing for salmon, or other 
fishing in the prosecution of which salmon are taken or injured, in the Yukon 
River, its tributaries and lakes, and within 500 yards of each mouth of the: 
Yukon is prohibited for other than local use in Alaska. 
5. The driving of salmon downstream and the causing of salmon to go ont- 
side the protected area at the mouth of any salmon stream are expressly 
prohibited. 
6. This order does not apply to persons taking Salmon with rod, hand line, 
or spear for their personal or family use and not for sale or barter. 
7. The waters of the Afognak Reservation are covered by presidential procla- 
mation of December 24, 1892, and the regulations promulgated by authority 
thereof are not modified or affected by this order, but remain in full force. 
8. All previous orders of the Secretary of Commerce imposing J’mitations 
or prohibitions upon fishing in the waters covered by this order, except as here- 
inbefore indicated, are hereby superseded. 
9. This order becomes effective January 1, 1921. 
Announcement has been made of hearings to be held in the fall of 
1921, as follows: Juneau, Alaska, October 19. and Seattle, November 
15, to consider further restrictions on commercial fishing in waters 
of southeastern Alaska, and at Seattle, November 17, in regard to 
waters of western and northern Alaska. 
In submitting to the Secretary of Commerce recommendations for 
the protection and maintenance of the salmon resources of Alaska, 
the Bureau is guided largely by the personal knowledge of conditions 
possessed by its staff of assistants regularly employed in Alaska or 
detailed thereto for special duty. The data that are considered cover 
both the practical aspects of the fishery and the biological situation 
as regards the salmon in given waters, and the established policy is to 
impose no greater restrictions on the fishery than are believed to be 
required for the perpetuation of the industry. In recent years very 
important and far-reaching investigations of the habits, age, growth, 
spawning grounds, etc., of the different species of salmon in different 
streams have been in progress, and the Bureau has been fortunate 
in retaining for this work the services of the leading authority on 
the Pacific salmons. 
