The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-25

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 Il It shall be unlawful for any per son to catch or take from the waters of Alaska for commercial purposes any fish, shellfsh, or aquatic mann malls without first obtaining license from the commission for such pur poses, and for which the following fees shall be charged: To qualified electors of Alaska and all descend ants of aboriginal people. $1; to ap- plicants for citizenship who are res 1 idents of Alaska, S15; to nonresi- dents of Alaska, $20; Provided, That no license shall be issued to an alien.
 Pound Nets or Traps.
 Sec. 2. Pound Nets or Traps 1 That it shall be unlawful to drive. construct, set, use. or fish. with any 1 fixed or floating trap or pound net in any bay or estuary in Alaska the width of which is three miles or less at it's entrance, nor inside the three mile width of any bay or .es- tuary, but this shall not apply to channels or passages connecting larg- CT bodies of water nor within one l is less than two miles in width at
 it's entrance; Provided. That no trap or pound net shall be driven, con- structed, set. used or fished within one mile of the mouth of any salmon stream. The points of entrance to l any bay or estuary shall be deter mined by the commission and dis tances shall be determined by act ial survey thereof The lead of no trap or pound net set or used in the waters of Alaska shall exceed oae thousand three hundred and twenty feet, and no supplementary lead or igger shall be over two hundred and fifty feet in length. All traps, or parts. or portions thereof shall be removed at the close of the fishing season. or, in lieu thereof, the owner 1f such appliance shall maintain a light thereon continuously in ac- cordance with the laws, rules. and provided. The abandonment ef al
 rap or pound net shall not release Inc owner thereof from liability toI the penalties provided in this Act: Provided. That no perpetual rights .o locations of fixed fishing gear of any description shall be recognized by the commission or by the SeCre- tary of War. and no title or tease shall be granted for the exclusive ownership or use of any areas ot water or tide lands on the coast of Alaska or in any of it's es uarios and it is hereby declared that the fisheries of Alaskan waters dfe free and that nothing in this Act con- tained shall be construed as impair ing in any degree the title of any States that may hereafter be elected ut of said Territory of Alaska or any part thereof, to tide lands or tidal or .iontidal waters, all be'i1 If any of its navigable watc's or the right of such States to regulate the use thereof, nor the right Q. the United States to resume posses sion of such lands, it being declared that all such rights shall continue to be held by the United States in trust for the people of any State or States which may hereafter be erect ed out of said Territory of Alaska.
 seines and Gill Nets.
 Sec. 8. Seines and Gill Nets, Di- mensions of-That it shall be unlaw- full to use or fish with any purse seine of more than one thousand eight hundred feet in length, inciud- ing attachments, measured on cork lines when wet, and it shall be un- lawful to use any lead or supplement tary piece of net in connection with such seine It shall be unlawful to use or fish with any purse seine or less than sixty feet in depth when laid in the water.
 The presence of any purse seine or drag seine of unlawful dimension upon any boat or in the possession of any person shall be deemed prina facie evidence of illegal fishing and shall subject the owner or user toI punishment according to the pro visions of this Act.
 It shall be unlawful to use any gill net of more than one thousand eight hundred feet in length and of less than five and three-fourths inches stretched mesh in the red salmon fisheries of Boring Sea 0. it's tributary waters: Provided, That after the year 1923 no gill net or less than five and three-fourths inches stretched mesh shall be used in any of the salmon fisheries or Alaska. k~
 Sec. g.. Fishing Restrictions. That 1t shall be unlawful to operate or ase any fishing appliance in any Of the Territorial waters of Alaska for a greater distance than one-third of the width of such waters: Provided, That this shall not apply to any drift net which by force of the elements may unavoidably and temporarily exceed such distance. t&r l. Unlawful Possession.
 Sec. 10. Possession of Fish Taken During Close Season Unlawful.-That 1t shall be unlawful for any person to receive. or have in his possession, or sell or offer for sale or transporta- tion. or to transport, during the close season or seasons named in this Act. any salmon caught. or taken here. except by hook and line, during any of the close seasons named Tn this Act; and in. all prosecutions un.