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FISHING REGULATIONS
Revisions of tho Alaska commercial fisher
ies reflations for 1949 have been issued
by the Interior Department, according to
information given Delegate Bartlett by the
Fish and Midlife Service, A 'Ong the changes
in the ner regulations, based upon hearings
hold in Alaska and Seattle and upon briefs
submitted to the agency, are:
1. Closuro, for local conservation mimosas,
of nino traps along the mainland in the
Eastern District rhcrc tjic salmon runs, ac
cording to the Fish and Midlife Service
have been seriously depleted. Except for
trolling, all other types of fishing in the
same waters rill be prohibited,
2. In Southeastern Alaska, the gcnoral trap
and seine seasons have been set for August
22 to September 3 in the Icy Strait,' :scorn
and. E stern districts, and for August 15 to
September 3 in the Summer Strait,Clarenco
Strait .Southern and. South Prince of 'ta+es
Districts.
3. The Yukon-Kuskokrim area has been ex
tended to include the more northerly raters
of Nome and Kotzebue.
4. There rill be no fall season in the
Alaska Peninsula area, and the 1949 season
rill end on August 5 instead of August 12.
5. The use of pounds on or rithin one mile
of herring spanning grounds rill be prohi
bited and commercial herring fishing in
Silver Bay near Sitka and in the raters
adjacent to Fish Eg, Island near Craig rill
du luruiuuuu#
7. The Chignik season rill extend from Juno
10 to September 15.
8. The season for Karluk and Red River dis
tricts rill onen on June 6 instead of Juno
10, and the escapement to Karluk River is
fixed at a minimum of 350,000 red salmon
prior to July 15 and the same minimum num
ber after that date.
9. Rovision of the requirements for dealer
reporting and boat registration has been
effected.
10. Doach seines rill be prohibited through
out the Princo William Sound area rith other
regulations unchanged from 1948.
11. The roekend closed period over the Cook
Inlet area is increased to 48 hours, extendi
ing from 6:00 am Saturday to 6:00 an Mon
day. The greater portion of K mishak Bay
is closed to all salmon fishing to rebuild
the severely depleted so.ckeye runs there.
12. There rill bo tro fishing seasons in
the Resurrection Bay aroa from June 1 to
; ;.ugust 6 and from August 15 to September
! 15. May 1 to June 15 and from August J.J to
September 18 represent the fishing season
on the Copper River.
! The fishing regulations for 1949 do not
i lift the prohibition against the use of
iporor on gill-net boats in the Bristol Bay
! area. _
30 STAR FLAG
Delegate Bartlett has presented President
.Truman with a flag containing 50 star3.Tiny
l flag ras a gift from the .'JLoska Torn ter \a!.
Fr deration of Labor, sr. d shews the stav.
arranged in six rors of seven and one of
eight. Di:legate 3; rtlett said that this ■
would be the first flag to fly when Llaslca
and Hawaii wore admitted as States. T'o
President seemed genuinely delighted with
J the gift, Mr. Bartlett said*_