The Cordova daily times., 1919-01-21

As result of the recent fisheries hearings in Seattle for the purpose of determining the adyisability of amending the order establishing sal mon-breeding reserve and limiting fish ing in the Copper river. adjacent to Cordova. its delta and its tributary waters, Secretary Rcdticld of the de. partment of commerce has ordered that until further notic" fishing for salmon or other fishing in the prose cutiOn of which salmon are taken or injured in the Copper river and its delta and all tributary waters. Alaska. be and is hereby made subject to the following Limitations and prohibitions in addition to the general restrictions already applicable hy yirtu" of exist ing laws and regulations.
 l. Commercial fishing is prohibited in waters of the Copper river delta from 6 a m. on January | to 6 d m on June 10 of each year. and in the waters of Miles lake and Abcrcrombic canyon from 6 a. III. on January l to a. m. on June 15 of each year
 2. Commercial fishinig in the waters of the delta shall be. limited to set nets and drift gill nets No such net shall exceed 500 feet in length. The lateral distance interval between all set nets in the waters of the delta herein referred 10 shall be not less than 500 feet
 3. All fishing is prohibited from the head of tn" delta to rhr foot ol Miles lake at all times
 ! All fishing in Miles lake shall be limited to set nets No such net shall exceed 500 feet in length. and only one such net shall be extended out from shore from one location: no offshorc ne;s will be permitted in the lake. Throughout the fishing season the shore of the lake shall he Consid cred as it was on June l5 The lat eral distance interval between all nets in Miles lak" shall be not less than 600 feet No fishing will be permitted along the west and north shores of Miles lake from the north end of Mile 49 bridge to the north end of Miles glacier. nor along the islands and sand bars between the bridge and the head of the lake.
 5. Fishing in AberCrombie canyon shall be restricted to the use of dip nets operated by hand. such nets not to exceed sixteen inches in greatest diameter No fishing will be permit. ted at any point on the east side of the canyon or river above the head of the lake
 6. No fishing will be permitted at any time in the waters of the Copper river above Abercrombie canyon, or in any of the waters tributary thereto, except in the case of local residents, who may take limited numbers of sal mon for domestic use: Provided, That such fishing shall at no time be upon the spawning grounds of any salmon.
 '. No net shall be placed in any other than substantially n straight line
 s. For the purposes herein consid- cred, the delta of the Copper river shall be regarded as including all ~, nd, aGf n n passing through Mile 27 on the Cop per River & Northwestern railway, as at present established, and inside of a line 800 yards off the mouth of each slough and outlet of the Copper river beginning with Alganik slough on the west and ending with Gus Will son slough on the east, including Pete Dahl, Walhalla, Gus Stevenson. Little King Salmon. Castle, Storey, Big King Salmon tor Copper river proper), Duck, Russian and all unnamed sloughs between. For the purposes of this order the mouth of each slough will be regarded as at the edge of the grass banks at the line of mean high tide.
 g. The lower end of Miles lake