ALASKA. 
Article 5. 
The masters of the vessels engaged in fur-seal fishing shall enter accurately 
in their official log book the date and place of each fur-seal fishing operation, 
and also the number and sex of the seals captured upon each day. These 
entries shall be communicated by each of the two Governments to the other at 
the end of each fishing season. 
Article 6. 
The use of nets, fire arms, and explosives shall be forbidden in the fur-seal 
fishing. This restriction shall not apply to shotguns when such fishing takes 
place outside of Bering Sea, during the season when it may be lawfully carried on. 
Article 7. 
The two Governments shall take measures to control the fitness of the men 
authorized to engage in fur-seal fishing; these men shall have been proved fit to 
handle with sufficient skill the weapons by means of which this fishing may be 
carried on. 
Article 8. 
The regulations contained in the preceding articles shall not apply to Indians 
dwelling on the coasts of the territory of the United States or of Great Britain 
and carrying on fur-seal fishing in canoes or undecked boats not transported by 
or used in connection with other vessels and propelled wholly by paddles, oars, 
or sails and manned by not more than five persons each in the way hitherto 
practised by the Indians, provided such Indians are not in the employment cf 
other persons, and provided that, when so hunting in canoes or undecked boats, 
they shall not hunt fur seals outside of territorial waters under contract for the 
delivery of the skins to any person. 
This exemption shall not be construed to affect the municipal law of either , 
county, nor shall it extend to the waters of Bering Sea or the waters of the 
Aleutian Passes. 
Nothing herein contained is intended to interfere with the employment of 
Indians as hunters or otherwise in connection with fur-sealing vessels as 
heretofore. 
Article 9. 
The concurrent regulations hereby determined with a view to the protection 
and preservation of the fur seals shall remain in force until they have been, in 
whole or in part, abolished or modified by common agreement between the 
Governments of the United States and of Great Britain. 
