REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 47 



COPPER RIVER. (order PROMULGATED DEC. 20, 1918.) 



A hearing having been given at Seattle, Wash., November 22, 1918, after due notice 

 in accordance with law, for the purpose of determining the adyisability of amending 

 the order of December 29, 1917, effective January 1 , 1918, establishing asalmon-breed- 

 ing reserve and limiting fishingin the Copper River, Alaska, its delta and its triljutary 

 waters, and all persons having had full opportunity to be heard, it is herel)y 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 injm-ed, in the Copper River and its delta and all tributary 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 existinglaws and regulations: 



1. Commercial fishing is prohibited in waters of theCopper River delta from 6 a. m. 

 on January 1 to 6 a. m. on June 10 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 15 of each year. 



2. Commercial fishing in the waters of the delta shall be limited to set nets and drift 

 gill nets. No such net shall exceed 800 feet in length. The lateral distance interval 

 between all set nets in the waters of the delta herein referred to shall be not less than 

 600 feet. 



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

 times. 



4. All fishing in Miles Lake shall be limited to set nets. No such net shall exceed 

 800 feet in length, and only one such net shall be extended out from shore from one 

 location. No offshore nets will bepermitted in thelake. Throughout the fishingseason 

 the shore of the lake shall be considered as it was on June 15. The lateral distance 

 interval between all nets in Miles Lake shall be not less than 600 feet. No fishing will 

 be permitted along the west and north shores of Miles Lake from the north end of Mile 

 49 bridge to the north end of Miles Glacier, nor along the islands and sand bars between 

 the bridge and the head of the lake. 



5. 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 diarneter. No fishing will be 

 permitted at any point on the east side of the canyon or river above the head of the 

 lake. 



6. 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. 



7. No net shall be placed in any other than substantially a straight line. 



8. For the purposes herein considered, the delta of the Copper River shall be regarded 

 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 

 500 yards off the mouth of each slouch and outlet of the Copper River beginning with 

 Alaganik Slough on the west and ending with Gus Wilson Slough on the east, including 

 Pete Dahl, Walhalla, Gus Stevenson, Little King Salmon, Castle, Storey, Big King 

 Salmon (or Copper River proper). Duck, Russian, and all unnamed sloughs between. 

 For the purposes of this order, the mouth of each slough will be regarded as at the edge 

 of the grass banks at the line of mean high tide. 



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

 River & Northwestern Railway at Mile 49. The head of Miles Lake shall be considered 

 as at the point where the river enters the lake, this pointto be as indicated by notices 

 posted by duly authorized representatives of the I3ureau of Fisheries. 



10. Abercrombie Canyon shall be considered as extending from the head of Miles 

 Lake to Tunnel Point on the Copper River & Northwestern Railway. 



11 . For the purposes of this order the f olloAving definitions are adopted : ' ' Stake net, ' ' 

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

 end of which may if desirable be fastened to a stake or other object on shore. 



This order becomes effective January 1, 1919, and supersedes the order of December 

 29, 1917. 



YUKON RIVER. (ORDER PROMULGATED DEC. 14, 1918.) 



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 \drtue 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 



