Seward daily gateway. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1923-1933, 1924-04-16

neafC OF Sucn traps on eacn Slde next
o the pot shall be lifted or lowered |
in such manner as to permit the free
passage of salmon and other fishes"
Sec. s. Any person, company,
corporation, or association violating
any provisic of this Act or of said
Act of Congress approved June 26,
1906, or of any regulation made un-
der the authority of either, shall, up
on conviction thereof, be punished by
fine not exceeding $4,000 or impris-
onment for a term of not more than
ninety days in the county Jail, or by
both such fine and Imprisonment; and
in case of the violation of section 8, of I
said Act approved June 26, 1906, as
amended, there may be imposed fur
Their fine not exceeding $3.50 for each
day the obstruction therein declared |
unlawful is maintained. Every boat, |
seine, net, trap, and every other gear
and appliance used or employed in VIC
lation Of this Act or in violation of
said Act approved June 26, 1906, and
all fish taken therein or Herewith,
shall be forfeited to the United States,
and shall be seized and sold under the
direction Of the court in which the
forfeiture is declared, at public auc
ton, and the proceeds thereof, after
deducting the expenses of sale, shall
be disposed Of as other fines and for
fixture shall be in rem under the rules
of admiralty.
"That for the purposes of this Act
all employees of the Bureau of Fisher
les, designated by the Commissioner
of Fisheries, shall be considered as
peace officers and have the same pow
ers Of arrest Of persons and seizure
of property for any violation Of this
Act as have United States marshals
or their deputies.
Sec. 7. Sections 6 and Is Of said
Act Of Congress approved June 26,
1906, are hereby repealed. Such re-
peal, however, shall not affect any act
done or any right accrued or any suit
or proceeding had or commenced in
any civil cause prior to said repeal,
but all liabilities under said laws shall
continue and may be enforced in the
same manner as if committed and all
penalties, forfeitures or liabilities in
Cured prior to taking effect hereof,
under any law embraced in, changed,
modified, or repealed by this Act, may
be prosecuted and punished in the
same manner and with the same effect
as if this Act had not been passed.
Mr.. White, representative from
Maine in report to the Committee
on Merchant Marine and Fisheries,
having under consideration House
Resolution S143, strongly endorsed
Delegate Sutherland's remarks on the
fisheries, saying in part:
For several years those interested
in the Territory of Alaska and famil-
lar with the fisheries thereof haze
been gravely concerned with the di
lninutiOn in the numbers Of salmon
fcunG in the waters adjacent to Alas
ka, and in the bays and streams
thereof. : 1t has been repeatedly
urged upon Congress that unless some
conservation measures were adopted
this valuable food supply you'll dis
appear. The committee has had the
benefit Of the testimony OF officials
Of tie I}u eau of Fisherise ana the
knowledge Of conditions possessed by
the Delegate from Alaska, M Suth-
erland
"The evidence discloses that in The
lat ten OF twelve years there has
been a marked decrease in the run Of
salmon and in the numbers taken.
The eviIerce also discloses that i'll
tarlic,llar rivers and areas there las
been an rlnIost o,al extinction #
salmon.
cat the present time it is the
policy of the department as one
means of control Of fishing to
grant limited number of fishing
permits within any designated
area and to exclude all others
from fishing rights therein. Your
committee does not question the
purpose of the department in this
regard, but it has r3ocE ed the
unanimous and positive opinion
that this practice OF granting ex
elusive fishing privileges should
cease, and in this section it is
declared that all regulations au
thorized to be made shall be of
general application and that no
exclusive or several rights of
fisheries shall be granted, nor
shall any citizen be denied the
right to take fish in waters where
fishing is permitted
This declaration Of policy and pro
hibition Of law was earnestly urged
upon the committee by Delegate
Sutherland who declared that it had
the general support Of the people Of
the Territory.