SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA SALMON STATISTICS 
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yards of the mouths of salmon streams. All streams west of Cape Spencer were 
protected against all appliances to a distance of 500 yards. 
The next change in the regulations was made on January 1, 1922. It prohibited all 
fishing in the streams and within 500 yards of the mouths of salmon streams, thus 
rescinding the exceptions in favor of movable appliances provided in the order of 1920. 
On June 6, 1924, the new law giving vastly larger powers to the Secretary of 
Commerce in the protection of the salmon fisheries of Alaska became effective. Its 
authority was immediately applied to the issuance of regulations designed to secure a 
larger escapement of salmon into the streams. In the Icy Strait district all fis hin g 
was prohibited for 20 days, from August 11 to 31. 
In 1925 all fishing was prohibited after August 6, except trolling, and gill netting 
from September 5 to October 15; the distance interval between traps was fixed at not 
less than \ x /i miles; no fishing boat was permitted to carry more than one seine; Port 
Frederick was partially closed, while Glacier Bay was completely closed. 
In 1926 further restrictions were imposed. Gill nets were limited to 200 fathoms 
in length; purse seines to 250 fathoms; and Dundas Bay north of 58° 21' was closed. 
