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SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 272. 1924. 465 fishing is prohibited therein it shall be unlawful to fish therein or to operate therein any boat, seine, trap, or other gear or apparatus for the purpose of taking fish; and from and after the creation of any ,,§§§j;';$§§,“‘”“m"°d such fishing area in which limited Hshing is permitted such fishing ` shall be carried on only during the time, in the manner, to the extent, and in conformity with such rules and regulations as the Secretary prescribes under the authority herein given: Provided, That every P-i¤¤·. such regulation made by the Secretary of Commerce shall be of e—§°§»ll»i12»i$°l»¤?f m` general application withm the particular area to which it applies, _ and that no exclusive or several right of fishery shall be granted bi§,§§},‘f’“’° “gl“’ ‘°" therein, nor shall any citizen of the United States be denied the right to take, prepare, cure, or tpgleserve fish or shellhsh in any area of the waters of Alaska where ing is permitted by the Secretarv _ of Commerce. The right herein fiven to establish fishing areas and §f"’,‘j§_,,_’§{’,E to permit limited fishing therein s all not apfpl to any creek, stream, ifs! me- . river, or other bodies of water in which slling is prohibited by specific provisions of this Act, but the Secretarympf Commerce Gtfghaggimlem through the creation of such areas and the establis ent of closed " ` seasons may further extend the restrictions and limitations imposed gpon fishing by specific provisions of this or any other Act of ongress. , It shall be imlawful to import or bring into the Territo of ,,kI‘§}’°'§§§, $$,}*,2 Alaska, for purposes other than personal use and not for sell; or {;;°°g_g;f;>*;,e‘¤j,§gd\g; barter, salmon from waters outside the jurisdiction of the United lawful. States taken durirg any closed period provided for by this Act or '°€`1 'tl3°°i..”$° $°”d°r` · · 1. aa. r ¤»·¤·~·a ··=·~= mc. . cree ,streams, or rivers, orman other 'eso an ,,,,,j,‘§ water in Alaska, over which the United States hs; jurisdiction, in {ml ascrgmlg E9? which salmon run, and in which now or hereafter there exist racks, wm, em., mm be ui gatewgys, or other means by which the number in a run may be l°"°°‘ count or estimated with substantial accuracy, there sha be allowed an escapement of not less than 50 per eentum of the total number thereof. In such waters the taking of more than 50 per m},°,'§’§{,*;{§"§f,‘p,‘§“’g§§‘,*§Y centum of the run of such fish is hereby prohibited. It is hereby c£•g;¤d °}¤*gg;apgf declared to be the intent and policy of Congres that in all waters of menmqeaeaaae. Alaska in which salmon run there shall be an escagement of not less than 50 per cent-um thereof, and if in any year it s all applear to the Secretary of Commerce that the run of fish in any waters as diminished, or is diminishing, there shall be require a correspondingly increased escapement o fish therefrom. V0, M m_mmd_ Src. 3. Section 3 of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act for the ea. ’°' protection and re lation of the fisheries of Alaska," approved June 26, 1906, is amenddld to read as follows: " Sec. 3. That it shall be unlawful to erect or maintain any dam, ,§,{;"¥{,‘}“'$§,,,2,*g“‘§,‘},$ barricade, fence, trap, fish wheel, or other fixed or stationary g;L{·&¤ l¤ *¤¢¢¤ ¤¤· obstruction, except for purposes of fish culture, in any of the ` waters of Alaska at any int where the distance from shore to shore m"“"°" °“°“°""‘ is less than one thousand') feet, or within five hundred yards of the mouth of an creek, stream, or river into which salmon run, except- Dwmm, mm 3* ing the Karlluk and Ugashik Rivers, with the purpose or result of apes. capturing salmon or preventin or impeding their ascent to the spawning grounds, and the gecretary of Commerce is hereby authorized and directed to have any and all such unlawful obstructions removed or destroyed. For the purposes of this section, the mouth of such creek, stream, or river shall be taken to be the point determined as such mouth by the Secretary of Commerce and wd marked in accordance with this determination. It shall be unlawful ;¤D;,l’y;,8°°°°,er¤e,E°"2°3§pS, to lay or set any seine or net of Sélgg kind within one hundred yards °‘°· of any other seine, net, or other ing appliance which is beixlcr which has been laid or set in any of the waters of Alaska, or to 've