326 KEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



It is unlawful to take or fish for salmon by any means except angling above tide 

 water in any of the following rivers: Nooksack, Skagit (up to the town of Hamil- 

 ton), Stillaguamisli, Snohomish, White, Nesqually, and Skokomish. (1899.) 



Whenever the Fish Commissioner shall consider that the protection of the food- 

 fishes mentioned in this act (March 13, 1899) shall require it, he may close to fishing 

 any stream or river in this State emptying into Puget Sound, etc. ( 1899.) 



All dams or other obstructions in streams where food-fish are wont to ascend shall 

 be provided with fishways approved by the Fish Commissioner, and it is unlawful 

 to take any food-fish within 100 yards of any such fish way. (1893.) 



Throwing into the water any substance deleterious to fish, including the waste 

 from sawmills, and the use of explosives for killing fish are prohibited. (1890, 1891.) 



It is unlawful to take salmon in any of the tributaries of Puget Sound during 

 April and from October 15 to November 15 in each year. (1899.) 



All young salmon measuring 10 inches long or less which may be taken by any 

 means except hook and line in either Puget Sound or any of its tributaries shall be 

 returned alive to the water. (1893.) 



Indians residing in the State may take salmon or other fish by any means at any 

 time for the use of themselves and their families. (1899.) 



All moneys collected for licenses and fines under provisions of the fisheries acts 

 shall be turned into the State treasury and placed in the fish-hatchery fund. (1897.) 



BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



Following is an abstract of the more essential regulations regarding 

 salmon fishing in the Fraser River district, which went into effect May 

 1, 1894, together with such amendments as have since been ordered : 



Commercial fishing is restricted to the use of drift gill nets not exceeding 150 

 fathoms in length, and to tidal waters, the upper limit of which on the Fraser River 

 is placed at the mouth of the Sumas River. 



The drift nets for quinnat salmon shall have not less than 7|-inch mesh, and can 

 be used only from March 1 to September 15. (By order of June 19, 1897, the limita- 

 tion upon the size of the mesh of the quinnat nets was reduced to 7 inches, mainly 

 with the object of adjusting them to the capture of the steelhead and silver salmon.) 



The drift nets for other kinds of salmon shall have not less than 5|-inch mesh, 

 and can be used only from July 1 to August 25, and again from September 25 to 

 October 31. 



All commercial fishing for salmon is prohibited weekly from 6 a. m. Saturday to 

 6 p. m. Sunday, and annually from September 16 to 25, and from November 1 to 

 March 1. 



Drift nets shall be kept at least 250 yards apart, and shall not be used so as to 

 obstruct more than one third the w^idth of the river. 



Above tidal waters the only net fishing permitted is the use of dip nets by the 

 Indians to provide food for themselves and their families. The Indians, however, 

 are required to respect the spawning-grounds of salmon and the close seasons. 



Fishing can be carried on only under license, except in the case of Indians fish- 

 ing to supply their own wants. 



Commercial licenses to fish for salmon are granted only to bona fide fishermen who 

 are British subjects and residents of British Columbia, or to any company, firm, or 

 person dealing in salmon when each member of such company or firm or such person 

 is a British subject. 



Fishermen are entitled to 1 license each; dealers in fresh, frozen, salted, cured, 

 or smoked salmon for domestic or foreign trade are entitled to 7 licenses each ; can- 

 neries are entitled to 20 licenses each. (Canneries were restricted to 10 licenses 

 each by orders of August 3, 1898, and March 29, 1899.) 



Every farmer or settler actually residing on his lands or with his family, being a 

 British subject, is entitled to 1 "domestic" license, which gives him the privilege 



