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  ALASKA 
  FISHEEIES 
  AND 
  PUE 
  INDUSTRIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  AFOGNAK 
  RESERVATION. 
  

   FISHING 
  REGULATIONS. 
  

  

  The 
  Afognak 
  Forest 
  and 
  Fish 
  Culture 
  Reserve, 
  now 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   Chugach 
  National 
  Forest, 
  was 
  created 
  by 
  presidential 
  proclamation 
  

   promulgated 
  December 
  24, 
  1892. 
  The 
  proclamation 
  provided: 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  hereby 
  reserved 
  from 
  occupation 
  and 
  sale, 
  and 
  set 
  apart 
  as 
  a 
  public 
  reserva- 
  

   tion, 
  including 
  use 
  for 
  fish-culture 
  stations, 
  said 
  Afognak 
  Island, 
  Alaska, 
  and 
  its 
  

   adjacent 
  bays 
  and 
  rocks 
  and 
  territorial 
  waters, 
  including 
  among 
  others 
  the 
  Sea 
  Lion 
  

   Rocks, 
  and 
  Sea 
  Otter 
  Island: 
  Provided, 
  That 
  this 
  proclamation 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  so 
  con- 
  

   strued 
  as 
  to 
  deprive 
  any 
  bona 
  fide 
  inhabitant 
  of 
  said 
  island 
  of 
  any 
  valid 
  right 
  he 
  may 
  

   possess 
  under 
  the 
  treaty 
  for 
  the 
  cession 
  of 
  the 
  Russian 
  possessions 
  in 
  North 
  America 
  to 
  

   the 
  United 
  States, 
  concluded 
  at 
  Washington, 
  on 
  the 
  thirtieth 
  day 
  of 
  March, 
  eighteen 
  

   hundred 
  and 
  sixty-seven. 
  

  

  Warning 
  is 
  hereby 
  expressly 
  given 
  to 
  all 
  persons 
  not 
  to 
  enter 
  upon, 
  or 
  to 
  occupy, 
  

   the 
  tract 
  or 
  tracts 
  of 
  land 
  or 
  waters 
  reserved 
  by 
  this 
  proclamation, 
  or 
  to 
  fish 
  in, 
  or 
  use 
  

   any 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  herein 
  descril^ed 
  or 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  Regulations 
  governing 
  the 
  reserved 
  waters 
  defined 
  by 
  the 
  proclama- 
  

   tion 
  were 
  issued 
  March 
  21, 
  1912, 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce, 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  

  

  1. 
  No 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  other 
  than 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  Afognak 
  Island 
  now 
  resident 
  

   thereon 
  will 
  be 
  permitted 
  to 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  reserved 
  waters. 
  

  

  2. 
  Licenses 
  for 
  fishing 
  will 
  be 
  granted 
  to 
  the 
  said 
  natives 
  upon 
  ai^plication 
  to 
  the 
  

   Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  [and 
  Labor] 
  or 
  such 
  representative 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Com- 
  

   merce 
  [and 
  Labor] 
  as 
  may 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  be 
  designated 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary. 
  

  

  3. 
  The 
  kinds 
  and 
  amounts 
  of 
  apparatus 
  to 
  be 
  used, 
  the 
  places 
  where 
  and 
  the 
  manner 
  

   in 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  operated, 
  and 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  employed, 
  will 
  be 
  deter- 
  

   mined 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  [and 
  Labor] 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  changes 
  or 
  

   modifications 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  at 
  his 
  discretion. 
  

  

  These 
  regulations 
  have 
  been 
  supplemented 
  by 
  order 
  of 
  February 
  6, 
  

   1913, 
  extending 
  to 
  native 
  residents 
  of 
  the 
  near-by 
  vSpruce, 
  Whale, 
  

   Dry, 
  and 
  Raspberry 
  Islands 
  the 
  same 
  privileges 
  in 
  Afognak 
  waters 
  

   accorded 
  natives 
  of 
  Afognak 
  Island; 
  also 
  extending 
  the 
  same 
  fishing 
  

   rights 
  to 
  white 
  men 
  married 
  to 
  native 
  women 
  which 
  were 
  previously 
  

   granted 
  only 
  to 
  natives. 
  

  

  The 
  affairs 
  of 
  the 
  Afognak 
  Reservation 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  fishing 
  opera- 
  

   tions 
  were 
  under 
  the 
  immediate 
  supervision 
  of 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  M. 
  Ball, 
  inspec- 
  

   tor, 
  Alaska 
  Service. 
  There 
  were 
  certain 
  additional 
  regulations 
  issued 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Ball 
  to 
  cover 
  local 
  conditions 
  in 
  administering 
  fishing 
  opera- 
  

   tions 
  within 
  the 
  reservation. 
  About 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  July 
  he 
  was 
  called 
  

   to 
  other 
  duty 
  on 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  Islands. 
  After 
  Mr. 
  Ball's 
  departure, 
  

   and 
  during 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  matters 
  of 
  the 
  reservation 
  

   regartiing 
  fishing 
  and 
  enforcement 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  and 
  regulations 
  were 
  

   looked 
  after 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  F. 
  Townsend, 
  warden, 
  Alaska 
  Service. 
  

  

  