The Cordova daily times., 1922-03-17
OF NEW FISH BILL
 AIM AT TRAPS

Containing drastic restrictions on traps, new Alaska fisheries bill has been introduced in the House of Rep resentatives by Congressman Wallace H. White, Jr., of Maine. The meas ure, in it's original, it is said, would result in virtual confiscation of al most all fish traps in Alaska.
 The provisions of the bill are as follows: -..,
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit ed States of America in Congress as- sembled, That section 6 of an Act of Congress entitled An Act for the pro-
 lection and regulation of the fisher
 ies of Alaska, approved June 26, 1906, is hereby amended to read as follows:
 "'Sec 6. That it shall be unlawful
 any fixed or floating trap, weir, or pound net in any bay, inlet or estuary
 in Alaska, the width of which at it's entrance is three miles or less, or
 within any channel or passage con- meeting larger bodies of water, where
 the width of the said channel or pass age is three miles or less, or within
 one mile of the entrance to any bay, inlet, or estuary, which is two miles or less in width at it's entrance, or
 within one mile of the mouth of any
 stream into which salmon are accus-
 toned to run. No lead of any pound
 net, trap, or weir, set or used in other waters of Alaska shall exceed
 one thousand three hundred and twenty feet and no supplementary lead or jigger shall exceed two hun dred and fifty feet in length. The Secretary of Commerce may, in his discretion, set aside any streams or lakes as preserves or spawning
 grounds in which fishing may be linn tied or prohibited entirely; and when ever, in his judgment, it is necessary for the conservation of salmon or other fish, including shellfish. or to prevent the destruction or depletion thereof, or to prevent such diminution
 in the run of any such fish in any such
 stream as will deprive the natives living thereon an adequate food sup ply, he is authorized to establish closed seasons in any of the waters of
 the Territory of Alaska over which the United States has jurisdiction. and during such closed seasons prohibit
 entirely or to limit in the designated
 waters the fishing for salmon or other fish, including shellfish Under the
 authority to limit the right to fish 1 herein given, and subject to the pro- hibiton against the use of fixed or floating traps, weirs, or pound nets
 herein contained, the Secretary is en- powered to define and prescribe the times, the places, the gear, the appli-
 ances, and other means that may be
 used in fishing and the method and
 manner in which such limited fish 1 ing may be carried on: Provided, ! That the power herein conferred upon
 the Secretary of Commerce or by some
 officer or employe of the Department
 of Commerce named by the Secretary for the purpose of conducting such hearing, and of which all persons in- terested shall be advised by publica-
 tion of a notice for three weeks sue cessively in newspaper published in or at the nearest point to the area to be affected by the proposed action, which notice shall indicate the time and place of the hearing, the waters to be affected by the rules or regula- tions proposed to be put in effect, and the nature and extent of the limita- tions proposed to be put in effect, and the nature and extent of the limi- tations proposed upon the right to fish All orders and regulations made under this section shall take effect at such time as may be designated therein
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