10 UJ. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
if any, changes in the present Yukon River regulations are necessary or desir- 
able, will be held at the office of the Bureau of Fisheries, 1217 L. C. Smith 
Building, Seattle, Wash., on November 23, 1920, at 10 o’clock a. m., at which 
time and place all interested persons will be heard. All persons having per- 
tinent information are particularly invited to be present and to impart such 
information. 
_ Under date of May 25, 1920, announcement was made of a hear- 
ing to be held in respect to fishing in the Kuskokwim River. The 
text of the announcement was as follows: 
It having been recommended that the Secretary of Commerce limit or pro- 
hibit fishing for salmon or other fishing in the prosecution of which salmon 
are taken or injured, in the Kuskokwim River, Alaska, its tributary waters, 
and within the area 500 yards outside the mouth of that river, notice 
is hereby given under the provisions of section 6 of the act of Congress ap- 
proved June 26, 1906, entitled “An act for the protection and regulation of the 
fisheries of Alaska,” that a hearing to determine the advisability of limiting 
or prohibiting fishery operations in the waters in question will be held at the 
office of the Bureau of Fisheries, 1217 L. C. Smith Building, Seattle, Wash., 
on November 380, 1920, at 10 o’clock a. m., at which time and place all inter- 
ested persons will be heard. All persons having pertinent information are 
particularly invited to be present and to impart such information. 
Under date of August 18, 1920, announcement was made of hear- 
ings to consider the necessity or desirability of changing the regula- 
tions regarding fishing in Copper River waters. The text of the 
announcement was as follows: 
It having been recommended that the Secretary of Commerce amend the 
order of December 20, 1918, limiting or prohibiting fishing in the Copper River, 
Alaska, and its delta and all 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 hearings for the purpose of eliciting information as to what, if any, 
changes in the present Copper River regulations are necessary or desirable 
will be held at Cordova, Alaska, on October 5, 1920, at 10 o’clock a. m., and 
at the office of the Bureau of Fisheries, 1217 L. C. Smith Building, Seattle, 
Wash., on November 18, 1920, at 10 o’clock a. m., respectively, at which all 
interested persons will be heard. All persons having pertinent information 
are particularly invited to be present and to impart such information. 
Under date of October 30, 1920, announcement was made of a hear- 
ing to be held in respect to amending the order of November 30, 1917, 
in regard to fishing in Bering River. The text of the announcement 
was as follows: 
It having been recommended that the Secretary of Commerce amend the order 
of November 30, 1917, the provisions of which are continued in the order of 
December 23, 1919, prohibiting commercial fishing operations in Bering River 
and its tributary waters, including Bering Lake, above a line extending at right 
angles across Bering River from a point approximately 800 feet northwesterly 
from the mouth of Gandil River, Alaska, notice is hereby given under the pro- 
visions 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 determine the advisability of further limiting or prohibiting fishing opera- 
tions in Bering River and its tributary waters, including Bering Lake, will be 
held at the office of the Bureau of Fisheries, 1217 L. C. Smith Building, Seattle, 
Wash., on December 3, 1920, at 10 o’clock a. m., at which time and place all 
persons interested will be heard. 
Following the hearings on October 5, November 18, 23, and 30, and 
December 3, the Department, under date of December 18, 1920, pro- 
mulgated the following order: 
Hearings having been given, after due notice in accordance with law, for the 
purpose of determining the advisability of limiting or prohibiting fishing in 
