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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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On Dec. 27, 1933, U.S. Commissioner of Fisheries Frank T. Bell announced new Alaska fisheries regulations effective Jan. 31, 1934, reducing fish traps by closing 93 sites and opening previously closed areas to seines and smaller gear to aid local operators.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 27.—New regulations for the Alaska fisheries, designed to help the operators of smaller types of fishing apparatus were announced here today by Frank T. Bell, United States Commissioner of Fisheries, effective January 31, 1934.
Printed copies of the regulations are now in the course of preparation here and will be ready for distribution from the various offices of the Bureau of Fisheries within a few weeks.
Fish Traps Reduced
The two most important changes in the new regulations, Commissioner Bell said, are the reduction in the number of fish traps permitted to take fish, and the opening of grounds previously closed to seines and other smaller forms of fishing gear employing many persons.
They provide for the permanent closure of 93 trap sites, of which 60 are located in the waters of Southeast Alaska and 33 in other areas. These traps are relinquished by their owners and operators on the request of the Bureau of Fisheries for a considerable reduction in this type of gear so that local residents might have a better opportunity to earn a living with movable gear.
Open Other Areas
Commissioner Bell said another outstanding benefit to the operator of smaller gear is in the opening for about 30 days of several bodies of water previously closed to all commercial fishing for salmon.
This, he said, is particularly directed at helping the purse seiners as it enables them to get closer to the mouths of a number of streams where the fish are more concentrated than offshore.
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No detailed information on the 1934 regulations are available at local headquarters of the Bureau of Fisheries. The outline given in the above report follows generally the regulations discussed and agreed upon at the recent meeting of the Bureau's staff in Seattle, said Capt. M. J. O'Connor, Assistant Agent in charge.
An office copy of them probably will be received here shortly after January 1. Printed copies for distribution to interested parties will follow it closely.
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Alaska
Event Date
Dec. 27, Effective January 31, 1934
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permanent closure of 93 trap sites (60 in southeast alaska, 33 elsewhere); opening of areas for about 30 days to commercial salmon fishing with smaller gear like purse seines
Event Details
New regulations announced in Washington, D. C., reduce number of fish traps and open previously closed waters to seines and other smaller fishing gear to benefit local residents and operators of movable gear