Regulatory Proposals
For 1957 Season Given
The Fish and Wildlife Service
announces their proposals for reg
ulatory amendments for the 1957
fishing season. These proposals
will be brought up at the Fisheries
hearing tonight, it was pointed out
Roy Lindsley, newly appointed
head of the Western District Fish
eries office. The proposals are
tentative.
Some of the general regulations
and proposals for the Kodiak,
Chignik and Alaska Peninsula
areas are as follows:
Permanent Registration System:
Permanent registration plates will
be issued each fishing device which
will remain with the boat. In other
words, the number assigned be
comes a permanent identification
«f the boat and will not change
from year to year. The registration
will be validated annually, how
ever, and the small year tabs will
be affixed to the permanent plate
aS evidence of current registration.
This system will be made universal
for all commercial fishing gear, in
cluding traps, in all areas of Alas
ka.
Area Licensing: Will be contin
ue u, improved and extended to alt
iases of the Alaska commercial
..HAOn net fineries. The intent
v £] be to hold the Mne generally
on the reduction t. mobile gear
that was acheived in most fishing
areas in 1956. The advance licens
ing deadlines of 30 days prior 1o
fishing seasons must be rigidly
observed in the case of boats How
ever, the requirements on fisher*
men’s licenss can be relaxed in
that they can obtain licenses any
time before actually fishing and
will not have to report transfer
between vessels within a single li
censing area. The process of issu
ing licenses will be simplified to
reduce the number of forms re
quired and thus save time and
paper work for both fishermen
and the Service. A fee may be
charged to cover the costs of ad
ministering the licensing system.
Adjustment of Opening and Clos
ing Dates: All regulations will be
overhauled with a view to specify
mg opening dates on which fishing
can actually commence and thus
eliminate the confusion arising
when an opening date happens to
fall on a week end or other closed
period. Similar precaution will be
observed with seasonal endings.
Kodiak Area—Fishing Time: In
order to distribute escapements
more-evenly through the season
and -more equitably manage tiie
pink and chum runs, the mid-seas
on closure .will be discontinued
and in lieu thereof an additional
24 hours will be added to each
week-end closure. Weekly closures
will thus total 60 hours from 6:00
p. m. Friday to 6:00 a. m. Monday.
A closure from July 19 to 29
from Cape Karluk to Cape Uyak
will be added to the week-end clos
ure to afford maximum protection
to the weak middle portion of the
Karluk red run. For purposes of
administration, this area will be
specially defined as the Inner Kar
luk Section.
Closed Waters: To overcome
problems of local depletion, closed
areas will be substanially increas
ed in Terror, Kizhuyak, and Barl
ing Bays.
Aiitak District: In order to bet
ter manage the separate red and
pink runs in the district, it will be
divided into two sections; Olga
and Moser Bays in the inner sec
tion and Aiitak, Deadmaa and Por
tage Bays in the outer, the line to
be drawn to include the outer ex
tremity of the entrance to Moser
Bay in the Olga Bay section. The
purpose is to aid ia the rebuilding
of the depleted red salmon runs of
Olga Bay, yet utilize the early pink
run. Two alternatives are suggest
ed for regulation within the inner
sub-district: (a) Establish the seas
on from July 1 to 25 or (b) Elimi
nate (or annually alternate) one
trap from the entrance to Moser
Bay and close all set nets in Olga
Bay proper, replacing them with
a smaller area in the approach
waters where fish are traveling
instead of congregating.
Chignik Area—Weekly Closed
Period. In order to reduce the
daily rate of capture of Chignik
red salmon, and to allow a more
even distribution of escapement it
is intended to open Chignik La
goon on Mondays. Wednesdays,
and Fridays from 9:1)0 a. m. to
9:00 p. m. Such openings will be
subject to temporary adjustments
depending on the count at the
weir.
Fall Seasons: The fall season
will be discontinued in the West
ern District because of the scarcity
of late chums. Kuiukta Bay will
be opened if chums occur in abund
ance at the end of the summer
season.
Closed Waters anct Boundary
Changes: Chignik Lagoon will have
a greater closed area near the
river mouth by temporarily mov
ing the deadline throughout the
1957 season, down to the outside
extremity of Chignik Island This
will relieve the extreme congestion
of fishing effort.
Mallard Duck Bay will be closed
within the line extending from
Green Point to Chignik Island to
afford greater protection to the
local pink and chum runs.
The Western arm of Kujulik
Bay will be closed by a line far
enough to the east to keep boats
off the tide flats. 157 deg 57* is
suggested as the aproximate longi
tude. Tributary streams have been
badly depleted in recent years.
Yantarni and Nakalikak Lagoons
will be both closed because they
go virtually dry at low tide and
concentrate the fish into too re
stricted channels. These bays have
been closed by indirection, and
this action is designed to prevent
misunderstanding.
Imuya Bay will be excluded from
the Chignik District by defining
the boundary at “the southern en
S3
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Carl E. Martin
for
Alaska Legislature
Resident of Third Division for 47 years
Equal Rights for All
Let's make Alaska a better state to live and edu
cate our children in, and save at least part of our
incomes.
rsKBsei
WHOM UMi
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cook juuam
Serving complete Chinese style dinners
and American dishes
Chuck Wagon Wednesday*- All you can eat $3.00
Half price for children under 12 years
No charge for children under 8 years
Come out and bring the family
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trance to Imuya Bay near Kilokak
Rocks.” This is for the purpose of
clarification.
Alaska Peninsula Area—Seasons
The pink salmon season on the
south side will close on a Monday.
6:00 a. in., August 5.
Purse seines will be permitted
in the Bear River District alter
August 9, the same as gillnets and
beach seines.
The changeover in weekly closed
periods between the red and pink
salmon seasons will occur on July
7 (Sunday) to avoid the confusion
brought about by such change dur
ing midweek.
The Southeastern District will
have no fall season because so few
chums are available after August
20.
Boundary Changes: The transfer
of Bechevin Bay from the North
western to the Southwestern Dis
trict, accomplished by announce
ment during the past season, will
be made permanent in order that
its chum salmon runs can be uti
lized during the fall season.
The closure in Ivanof Buy will
be greatly reduced to approximate
ly a radius of 1000 yards from the
pink salmon streams in the north
eastern corner. This will permit
greater utilization of the heavy
runs that have developed locally.
Lefthand Bay of Balboa Bay will
be closed during the fall season
because of the extreme dispropor
tion of pinks to chums in late Aug
ust.
Swanson Lagoon will be closed
to all fishing because local runs
are badly depleted.
POLICE SLOGAN
Always drive so that your driv
er’s license expires before you do.
Game Niqht at VFW Club every
Friday night.
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