LAWS FOR PROTECTION OF THE

COMMERCIAL FISHERIES OF ALASKA

AND RELATED INFORMATION

CONTENTS

General authority for regulation.

Oyster culture...---

Bristol Bay residence requirements.

Regulation of salmon escapement.

Fishing gear restrictions...-..

Exceptions to weekly closed seasons.

Taration; submission of reports....

Time limit for preservation of salmon.

Allen fishing restrictions.

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1 Presidential Proclamation regarding the con.

2 vention between the United States and

2

Great Britain for the preservation of the

halibut fishery of the northern Pacific

3

Ocean and Bering Sea.....

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4

Annette Island Fishery Reserve

13

5

Aleutian Islands Reservation..

13

5

Karluk Reservation.

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7 Tyonek Reserve.

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7 Native possessory rights.

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8 REGULATIONS...

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Halibut fishing.

GENERAL AUTHORITY FOR REGULATION

(Act of June 18, 1926, 44 Stat. 752; 48 U. S. C. 221-224)

An Act to amend section 1 of the Act of Congress of June 6, 1924, entitled “An Act for the Protection of the

Fisheries of Alaska, and for Other Purposes"

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of

America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of the Act of Congress of June 6,

1924, entitled "An Act for the protection of the fisheries of Alaska, and for other

purposes," is amended so that it will read as follows:

"SECTION 1. That for the purpose of protecting and conserving the fisheries

of the United States in all waters of Alaska the Secretary of the Interior from

time to time may set apart and reserve fishing areas in any of the waters of

Alaska over which the United

States has jurisdiction, and within such area may