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BULLETIN" OF THE BUREAU OP FISHERIES 
Additional waters closed to fishing: 
Kelp Bay, east coast of Baranof Island: All waters in Middle Arm, and all waters in South Arm 
west of 134° 57' west longitude. 
Security Bay, northwest shore of Kuiu Island: All waters within 1,000 yards of all salmon 
streams. 
Redfish Bay, southwest shore of Baranof Island: All waters above a true east and west line 
passing through the southern end of the Second Narrows. 
Under date of December 22, 1926. 
The closed seasons herein specified for commercial herring fishing shall not apply to the taking 
of herring for bait purposes in waters otherwise open to fishing. 
Commercial fishing for herring, except for bait purposes, is prohibited from 6 o’clock post- 
meridian of Saturday of each week until 6 o’clock antemeridian of the Monday following. 
Commercial fishing for herring, including bait fishing, by means of any purse seine more than 
1,200 meshes in depth, more than 180 fathoms in length, or of mesh less than 1)4 inches stretched 
measure between knots is prohibited : Provided, that any purse seine may have in addition a strip 
along the bottom not to exceed 30 meshes in depth and of mesh not less than 4 inches stretched 
measure between knots. No extension to any seine in the way of leads will be permitted. 
Additional waters closed to fishing : 
Port Banks, off Whale Bay, west coast of Baranof Island: All waters in Port Banks. 
Under date of February 17, 1927. 
Seines used in commercial fishing, including bait fishing, for herring in Klawak Harbor, within 
a true east and west line passing through the northern extremity of Klawak Island, shall not exceed 
90 fathoms hung measure in length nor 500 meshes in depth. For the purpose of determining 
depths of such seines measurements will be upon the basis of 1 )4 inches stretched measure between 
knots. No such seine shall have a mesh of less than 1)4 inches stretched measure between knots. 
Under date of October 6, 1927. 
Regulation No. 2 (defining season) is amended so as to permit commercial fishing for herring 
with gill nets not less than 2 / inches stretched measure between knots from October 6 through 
December 31, 1927, both dates inclusive, in waters otherwise open to fishing. 
Additional waters closed to fishing: 
Little Port Walter, east coast of Baranof Island: All waters in Little Port Walter. 
Under date of September 24, 1928. 
Regulation No. 2 (defining season) is amended so as to permit commercial fishing for herring 
with gill nets not less than 2)4 inches sti-etched measure between knots from October 1 to December 
31, 1928, both dates inclusive, in waters otherwise open to fishing. 
Under date of December 18, 1928. 
Commercial fishing for herring, including bait fishing, by means of any trap is prohibited. 
No herring fishing boat shall carry or operate more than one seine of any description, and no 
additional net of any kind shall be carried on such boat. The carrying of any additional seine or 
net of any kind on a boat towed by any herring fishing boat is prohibited. 
Although a number of regulations have been made it is obvious that only a few 
really have any serious limiting effect on the fishery. The restricting of the fishery 
to the four months from June to September, including as it does practically all of the 
period when the herring are fat enough to be profitably utilized for reduction, or for 
the best grades of Scotch cured herring, has almost no effect on the quantity of the 
catch. Likewise, the effect of the closure of several bays to salmon fishing (and 
therefore to herring fishing) has probably been negligible, as in nearly every case the 
closed areas were of slight importance for herring. The 36-hour weekly closed sea- 
son, in effect since 1927, is a different matter. There is little doubt that it has had 
some effect on curtailing the catch. Whether this short closed period actually 
restricts the catch in proportion to its length is dubious, however, as the boats usually 
