The Cordova daily times., 1922-03-01
TO REGULATE TRAP FISHING
 IN ALASKA

Representative White. of Maine, in troduced in Congress. February IA, the following bill of interest to the fish ermen of this Territory:
 A bill to amend section 6 of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act for the protection and regulation of the fish cries Of Alaska" approved June 26, 1906, and for other purposes.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit ed States of America in Congress as- sembled That section of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act for the protection and regulation of the fish cries of Alaska" approved June 26, 1906, is hereby amended to read as follows
 "Sec. 6. That it shall be unlawful to drive, construct, set, or fish with any fixed or floating trap, weir, or pound net in any bay, inlet, or estu- ary 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 said channel or passage is three miles or less. or within one mile of the entrance of 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 accustomed to run. No lead of any pound net, trap, or weir. set or used in other waters or l Alaska. shall exceed one thousand three hundred and twenty feet and no supplementary lead or digger shall ex- ceed two hundred and fifty feet i'll length. The Secretary of Comerrce may. in his discretion set aside any streams or lakes as preserves or spawning grounds in which fishing may be limited or prohibited entirely; and whenever. in his judgment, 1t IS necessary for the conservation of sal mon or other fish, including shellfish, or to prevent the destruction or de- D]etion thereof. or to prevent such diminution in the run of any such stream IS will deprive the natives liv- ing thereon of an adequate food SUD- nlv, he is authorized to establish closed season in any of the waters or the Territory of Alaska over which the United States has jurisdiction, and during such closed seasons pro- hibit entirely or to limit In the deslg- mated waters the fishing for salmon or other fish, including shellflsh Under the authority to limit the right to fish herein given, and subject to the prohibition against the use oi fixed or floating traps, weirs or pound nets herein contained the Secretary is empowered to define and prescribe the times the places the gear. the ap pliances, and other means that may be used in fishing and the method and manner in which such limited fishing and the method and manner in which limited fishing may be carried on: Provided, That the power herein con ferred upon the Secretary of Com merce to prohibit or to limit fishing within such designated areas shall not ho ayercised until a hearing shall be held by the Secretary of Commerce or by some officer or employee of the lDepartment of Commerce named by the Secretary for the purpose of conduct ing such hearing and of which all persons interested shall be advised by publication of notice for three weeks successively in a 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 limfta- tions 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"
 Kodak finishing. Scarborough.