THE ALASKA FISHERMAN IS SUPPORTING
HENRY RODEN
Twenty Years in Alaska and Still Here
Independent Candidate for Attorney General
I1E SAYS—“I ASK YOU SUPPORT UPON THE PRINCIPLE
Help Alaskans First”
A Full Statement will be Published in Our Next Issue.
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Wilson Cove—Continue present re
gulations.
Chick Bay—All waters of 134 de
grees 29 feet west longitude.
Warmsprings Bay—Inside of a
line across the entrance.
Port Frederick—All waters east of
a line from Inner Pt. Sophia to Game
Point; all waters of Neka Bay, and
all waters south of the 58th parallel
on north latitude.
Hanus Bay—All waters south of
a line from Pt. Hanus to Pt. Moses.
Basket Bay—Inside of a line across
the entrance.
Shipley Bay—Within one mile of
all salmon streams.
Sarkar Cove—Inside of a line
across the entrance.
Hetta Inlet—All waters north of a
line from Eek Point to the opposite
shore in an easterly direction.
Kasook Inlet—Within one mile of
the head of the inlet.
North Bay—Within 1000 yards of
all salmon streams.
Other Restrictions
Covering the remaining fishing dis
tricts in the Territory the Commit
tee’s full recommendations said:
Yakutat Area
Change Eastern boundary line to
136th meridian. Continue weekly
close season of 48 hours. Prohibit
fishing in what is known as the
Basin above Dry Bay. Prohibit all
fishing from 6 p. m. July 31 until
August 25. In all other respects,
continue present regulations.
Yukon River
Establishment of a closed area off
the several mouths of the Yukon
River to the limit of territorial wa
ters and the prohibition of all fishing
for salmon therein except by resident
whites and natives for local food
purposes.
Bristol Bay
Continue the present regulations,
unless subsequent reports from field
men in that district indicate that
changes are necessary.
Poit Moller and Herendeen Bay
Continue the present close of 84
hours each week.
Ikatan, King Cove, Squaw Harbor
and Izenback Bay
Continue the present regulation
of 60 hours close season until mid
night of July 20, and limit all fish
ing to the use of traps, beach seines
and gill nets, and the closing of Thin
Point Lagoon.
Port Heiden
Limit catch to 30,000 salmon.
Chign'lk
Provide for a minimum escape of
1,000,000 red salmon, or not less than
50 per centum.
KODIAK AREA
Karluk
Continue present regulations, ex
cept that an area for one mile ex
tending eastward from Cape Uyak
shall be open.
Naganik Bay, Viekoda Bay and
Terror Bay
Closed season inside of a line
from Outlet Cape to Cape Uganik
and to Miners Point.
Alitak Bay
Continue present regulations.
COOK INLET AREA
Continue present regulations but
reduce weekly close season to 36
hours. Prohibit all fishing within
one mile of all salmon streams ex
cept Kasilof and Kenai Rivers where
the closed area shall extend two
miles from the mouths. Prohibit all
fishing after August 10 of each
year.
IN RESURRECTION BAY
Establish a weekly close season
inside of a line from Cape Resur
rection to Bear Glacier of 84 hours.
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
Maintain present regulations but
extend closed area at Eshamy La
goon to a line 50 yards outside the
narrows; extend closed area at the
mouth of Coghill River, and close
the area at Miners River out to the
reef at its mouth. Establish close
season from August 10 to end in
cluding August 25.
COPPER RIVER
Prohibition of stake nets from the
flats. Red salmon should extend
from May 20 to July 10 and a weekly
close season of 48 hours be observed
between those dates. Open for silver
salmon fishing on August 20. Limit
gear to drift gill nets only of not to
exceed 200 fathoms in length. Per
mit fishing for king salmon prior to
May 20 with drift gill nets of at
least 8V2 inch stretch measure. Pro
hibit fishing within 1000 yards of the
grass banks.
Herring Season
In addition to the recommenda
tions for new regulations on the
salmon fishing industry submitted
by the Committee, it also made re
commendations for certain restric
tions on the herring fishing industry
in Southeastern Alaska and the clam
fisheries at Cordova. The herring
regulations recommended follow:
“Kootznahoo Inlet closed to her
ring fishing at all times.
“In all bays closed or proposed to
be closed to salmon fishing, herring
fishing will also be prohibited.
“The weekly close season of 36
hours provided by law for the pro
tection of the salmon fisheries should
also be applicable to the herring
fisheries.
“There should be a close season
from February 15 to June 15, of
each year, covering the spawning
time of herring in this district.’
The committee recommended that
current regulations governing the
herring fisheries in the Prince Wil
liam Sound, Cook Inlet, and Kodiak
areas be continued in force another
season and that such additional re
commendations be made as the in
vestigations made during the present
season show to be necessary.
Regarding clam fisheries, the re
commendations said:
“The size of razor clams taken
for commercial purposes is fixed at
four and one-half inches in total
length of shell, except that not
more than three per cent by number
of clams may measure less than this
minimum.”
The committee suggested that post
ers bearing this regulation and its
purpose be distributed early in the
season, not later than April 1, to
be followed by an energetic cam
paign of enforcement. Describing
the clam situation at Cordova, to be
acute, it recommended that wide pub
licity be given in local paper and
trade journals in order that persons
interested might fully appreciate the
intent of the regulations.