The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-03-15
New Fish
 Regulations
 Are Given

been issued by the Interior Depart ment after the hearing on fish traps recently in Washington:
 Sec. 2O1.2S On or before April I15, 1946, any person who has ob- tained or applied for a permit from the War Department for the oc- equation of a trap site may file with the Regional Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service at Ju- neau notice of this fact and of it's location Failure to file such not ice shall be cause for closing the trap of such permit holder of there be a competing permit holder who has filed such a notice
 Sec 201.24 In case there shall be two or more permit holders for single site the Regional Director shall give notice of this fact to all conflicting permit holders who have filed notices under the pre- Fceding Section Any permit holder who has filed such a notice may request through the Regional Dir ector, the Secretary of the Inter-
 
 tive to determine prior to the opening of the fishing season which of the permit holders is en- titled to occupy the site for the coming season The Secretary or his representative upon such re- quest may call for affidavits or other evidence showing the inter ests and equities of the competing applicants and shall determine and announce the action which the Fish and Wildlife Service will take with respect to closing the com peting traps after opening of the fishing season. This determination will be based upon Gal the pro- visions of Sec. 2O1.25, (b) any ap- -plicable law or regulation of the United States or the Territory of Alaska then in effect, or Gel the policy hitherto established of clos ing all traps in the area of con- flict pending a judicial determin- ation or other settlement.
 Sec. 201.25 No person shall be permitted to increase the number of trap sites which he occupies over the number occupied in the preceding season if such increase would result in his occupation of more than ten sites. The Secretary, or his authorized representative, may. however in exceptional cas- es authorize such an increase for the 1946 season upon a good cause shown. Any trap site occupied in violation of this Section will be closed.
 Sec. 2O1 26 AS used in Sections POI 23 and 2O1.25 (a) person and permit holder include indi- vidual, firm, association, partner ship or corporation, (b) occupa- tion of a trap site means the care service and use of trap by the permit holder, whether the trap be installed by him or another
 2.Notice is hereby given that subject to any change of policy re- sulting from the hearings an nounced in paragraph 3 of this notice the Alaska fishing regula- lions for 1947 will contain pro visions which will serve to exclude from any trap site a person who held a permit for that site in 1946 and who did not himself occupy such site, but instead leased oras- signed such site to another person under arrangements by which the permit holder did not bear all or a substantial part of the expenses and financial risk involved in the installation, care, service and use of the trap
 8. Subject to future changes, the hearings commenced on February I21 1946, at Washington D. C., will be resumed in Alaska in Oct ober, 1946, and will be directed to the following subjects, for con- sideration with reference to the 1947 regulations.
 (a) Limitation of the number of trap sites which may be occupied by a single owner;
 Cb) Preference in the alloca- tion of trap sites to small opera tors and for residents, communi- ties and cooperatives of Alaska; Gel The provision forcasted in i paragraph of this notice;
 (d) The machinery by which any limitation or preference might be accomplished.
 The Department of Interior will endeavor to announce the terms of the regulations proposed for discussion and the places and times of the hearings at least 30 days in advance of the first of such hearings.
 Chapman Opinion
 Also the following opinion to accompany the notice of amend ment to the Alaska commercial las