The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-01-02
New Fish Regulations Reduce Gear To
 Be Used By TrOllers
TROLLING PROHIBITED FROM AUGUST 25 TO SEPT. 20; FOUR LINES IS LIMIT

LINES IS LIMIT
 Under the new regulations by Henry O'Malley of the bureau of | fisheries, in the southern district. trolling is prohibited from August 25 to September 20 in each year, according to the Ketchikan Chron- icle. Commercial fishing for sal mon by trolling, except from boats propelled wholly by oars or sails, is prohibited prior to March 1 in each calendar year"
 No trolling boat shall operate more than four lines.
 No king salmon shall be caught less than six pounds dressed.
 Trolling is prohibited in Behm Canal and its tributaries within a line from Point Sykes to Point Alava, across the eastern entrance of the canal, and line from Point Higgins to Camano Point, across the western entrance, from o'clock D, m., April 30 to 6 D. m. June 30: | also in Burroughs Bay (indenting mainland north of Revilla Island) for the remainder of each calendar year after p. m. August 16, pro- vided: That this prohibition shall not apply to the period from D. m., October l to o'clock D. m. October 15 in each year"
 No salmon trolling boat shall car ry or operate any seine or more than one gill net The gill net shall be of mesh not more than 2 1-e inches stretched measure be- tween knots, shall not be of great CT than No. 20 gill net thread, and shall not exceed ten fathams in length and 100 meshes in depth.
 All commercial fishing is prohih- ited in Hidden Inlet, Willard Inlet, Ray Anchorage, Very Inlet, Boca de Quadra, George Inlet, Smeaton Bay, Rudyerd Bay, Walken Cove, Chick amin River, Yes Bay, Shrimp Bay, Traitors Cove, Naha and Meser Bays and Raymond Cove.
 The use of any gill nets is pro- hibited in all waters of the west coast of Prince of Wales Island and adjacent to the islands from Cape Chacon northward
 All commercial fishing for salmon is prohibited in Klawak Inlet, Kla- walk Harbor, Trocadero Bay, North Hetta Inlet, Deer Bay, Cooper HeHtta Inlet, Deer Bay, Cooper Harbor, Hetta Harbor, Eek Inlet and Hunter Bay.
 Stikine Area Regulations
 In the Stikine area changes werel made in the June closed seasen and the fall closure was advanced. The June close date was advanced from June 10 to June 1, and the opening date was advanced from June 20 to June 25. adding five days to the closed period. The fall close date was advanced from September sol to September 2s, loping off one week from the fishing season.
 The closing and opening dates for salmon fishing in the southern or Ketchikan district and the Prince of Wales district are the same as last year.
 There are lengthy regulations relating to herring fishing, most of which are new, and the usual regu- lations for king salmon and other commercial fish in Alaska, as we'll as relating to traps and seines, gill nets and other fishing apparatus.
 Wire Spillers Prohibited
 "The use of any wire spiller in connection with any fish trap is pro- hibited." This paragraph is con- tained in the 1881 regulations. AL though this particular section of the regulations seem to have no espec- ial effect in the Wrangell district, | the ruling came in the nature of a complete and unpleasant surprise in Ketchfkan, where cannerymen had no intimation of what to eppect. | One canneryman at least had al- ready placed an order for wire for his traps which he said would have to be cancelled Others contend that in heavy seas and rough water wire spillers are necessary, since they do not chafe and come apart l like other kinds of material.
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