The Kusko times., 1937-07-09
ALASKA GAME
 REGULATIONS
 ARE AMENDED

Amendments to the Regulations re- ating to Game, Land Fur Animals and Birds in Alaska, recommended by the Alaska Game Commission at its annual meeting this spring, have been approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, to become effective July 25, 1887. The new game reguation circular No. l4, embodying a com pete text of these changes, will be available for distribution about July l. Briefly, these amendments provide the following changes from the reg ulations of last year
 --Fur-Bearing Animals: -
 Following a closed season on beaver throughout the Territory this spring, the new reguations provide an open season next year in all of Fur Dis trict 2, Fur District 1, Fur District ,, Fur District 6 (except a portion of the Panama River drainage east of the Richardson Highway and east of the divide between the Goodpaster and Shaw and Salcha River (drain- aee), and Fur District l. Bag limit, 10
 The open season on marten through out the Territory will be extended for another year
 Several minor changes have been effected with regard to dates of open and closed seasons
 Following an extremely poor catch of fur on Kenai Peninsula and upon request of the residents of that area, the entire peninsula west of the AL aska Railroad has been closed to the trapping of mink, marten, land otter, weasel, foxes, and lynx
 An amendment to Regulation Is prohibits the placing of fox traps withon 100 feet of fox den.
 In connection with the proposed ex- perimental fur farm and to assist in compiling data on the industry, fur farmers will be required to report an account of their operations at the end of each year.
 Game Animals:
 To enable enforcement of the reg ulation prohibiting the taking of fe- male animals, an amendment will go into effect requiring that evidence of sex of moose, deer, and mountain sheep must be left attached to the carcass until dismembered.
 Another amendment provides that any person, other than a licensed hunter or trapper,, who Is Tn posses sion of game meat will be required to produce on demand the license number and name of the person from whom such meat was obtained. This regulation is being placed in effect to curb the illegal taking and possessing of game by non-pesidents and aliens.
 From the date these regulations be- come effective, the taking of game rom, on, or across any public high way or within B feet of the center linz of such highway, will be prohib- led in the First and Third Judicial Divisions
 A closed season on moose and deer has been established from Cape Fair weather to longitude HI This regu- lation was requested i'll order to pro tect the transpanted deer in the vi cinity of Yakutat Bay, and to allow the moose in that area to be unmol- ested until such time as they are sui lciently pentiful to warrant an open season The Ward Lake recrs ational area in the vicinity of Ketchikan has been closed to all hunting, KS well as a one-nile strip extending from the town of Petersburg to Blind Point. These areas had been previously set aside by the Forest Service Moose were also gwen pro- tloH III LhS drainages for the Chilkoot and Chil- kat Rivers in southeasteru Alaska 4 change in Regulation $ will pro hiDit the sale of meat within five miles of the Alaska Railroad and Steese Highway from Fairbanks to and including CEatanIka For the first time in many years game meat was allowed to be served in the Fair banks area last year, but will now be prohibited as a result Of an almost unanimous request
 The commissions Regulation "A has been changed to require non-res- ideut hunters to obtain the services of a registered guide in taking Dla2k and polar bears Because black and polar bears are cIsssed as fur-bear- ing animals, they were not formerly governed by the same restrictions as hose applying to game Likewise. wolves and coyotes may be taken in the future by any elGzen without 3 license of any kind. Practi ally all other game regulations will remain unchanged during the corning year. nt1C DrEnx m EAFRRkNEC