Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-15
NEW HUNTING AND TRAPPING
 REGULATIONS
COPY OF NEW GAME RULINGS ARRIVE IN GATEWAY OFFICE
 TWO WEEKS LATE

Game Law C1rcular NO. b, are COQay being mailed to all persons who held any form of license reqired under the provisions of the Alaska game law, during the past license year. Copies of the circular will also go to many others whose names appear on the commissions mailing list.
 Revised regulations appearing in this circular were published on April 2. and will become effective July 1, 1929
 GAME ANIMALS
 To accommodate those residents of the Territory living north of the Arctic Circle who must necessarily depend entirely upon game for their meat supply, the close season on caribou has been removed. The removal of this close season does not, however, affect the bag limit which remains at five animals that each person is permitted to kill.
 The number of caribou a non- resident is permitted to kill on the Alaska peninsula, has been reduced from two to one.
 Responsive to an appeal from residents of the Kodiak Afognak island group for permission to pro tect their grazing livestock, the present regulations permitting the killing of the large brown and griz- Izly bear when such animal is about to attack or moleSt persons or pro- perty, have been liberalized to per init a resident of Kodiak, AfOgnak, Raspberry, Spruce and Sitkalidak, engaged in agricultural pursuits, to xii bear at any time or place such animal is considered a menace to persons, livestock or property. The former provision permitting the killing of such a bear when found within one-half mile of a residence of human habitation, has been changed to read one mile, and ap- plies to the whole of the Territory. Under hteir classification as game animals, the skins of large brown and grizzly bears, as well as trO- Iphies of other game animals, are mot permitted to be sold.
 FURBEARING ANIMALS
 The propagation of furbearing animals in captivity is encouraged by allowing live animals captured during open season to be retained alive during the close season, under a permit issued thru the AlakSa game commission.
 To further protect the dimishing supplies of mink in southeastern Alaska. the trapping of this animal lin fur district 1, east of longitude I138 degrees, has been restricted to the month of January.
 In an attempt to correct a simi- lar condition found to exist on the Kenai peninsula where mink have become very scarce in many sec tions, the season has been closed entirely for next year.
 The close season on mink in fu1 district 3 is continued for another year.
 The former separate district comprising the drainage of the Panama river within fur district 2, where different season was pro- vided for the taking of muskratS, has been abolished.
 Complyings with many request from residents of the Alaska penin- sula, and as the result of investiga- tions of the wardens, the open sea- son for the taking of fox has been changed to open on December l and will close on January 31, as heretofore.
 The former separate district comprising the Sewrad peninsula within fur district 2, where a diff ferent season was provided for the taking of fox, has been abolished.
 BEAVER AND MARTIN
 AS announced by the commission Hate last year, the beaver season has heen closed htruOut the Territory for an indefinite period to permit depleted areas to become restocked. The close season on martin has been continued thruout the Terri tory.
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