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Japanese Tagged King Crab Found
May Be Hand Writing On-The-Wall
A red plastic disc, numbered,
and bearing the legend “Hokuyo,”
and attached to a king crab cap
tured by a crab pot in Alitak Bay
in early March, is a significant de
velopment in this comparatively
new industry that is fast develop
ing a series of setbacks, interna
tional as well as locally.
For the tagged crab bore the dis
quieting evidence that Japanese
fishing operations had finally ex
tended to the vicinity of Kodiak.
The tagged crab was taken to
Port Wakefield where Wakefield
Fisheries flew it on March 8th to
the Alaska Department of Fish and
Game Research center for further
study by Guy Powell, research bio
logist with the Department.
Powell promptly wrote the To
kai Regional Fisheries Research
Laboratories at Tokyo inquiring as
to when and where the crab was
tagged and released. A quick reply
from the Japanese fisheries com
pany, Hokuyo Suisan Co., Ltd., re
vealed that limited King crab tag
ging had been done in the Shu
magin and Kodiak Island areas dur
ing September, 1960, when 235
King crabs were released by three
vessels of the Shinyo-Maru fishing
fleet belonging to the company
while engaged in an exploratory
research program.
The crab caught at Alitak was
one of these. It had been released
off Kodiak and had migrated 27
miles to Alitak Bay after 6ix
months of freedom.
Alitak is a highly concentrated
fishing area, with a preponderance
of total crab taken around Kodiak
Island coming from the area. A
tagging operation in the area is
now being contemplated by the
ADF & G for this summer, accord
ing to Powell, should fun<|s become
available.
The crabs, as indicated by the
one captured, were all tagged in an
unusual manner. The tag was
threaded through a leg near the
body on the underside, instead of
having their mark in a more typical
location on top of the shell or
through the isthmus for perman
ent retention. Powell says he be
lieves this location was chosen by
the Japanese so as not to conflict
with the crab tagging programs of
the United States.
During the period between Au
gust 31 and September 10, 35 male
and 1 female King crab were
tagged by the Shinyo ships and re
leased at four locations in the Shu
magin Island area. All of these re
leases were within 12 miles of
shore.
Between September 18 and 20,
the Japanese released 76 male and
123 female King crab at nine lo
cations off Alitak Bay. The loca
tions extended from 9 to 47 miles
outside the three-mile limit. Jap
anese records received by Powell
gave the tag number, latitude, long
itude, depth, date, sex, width of
shell and weight relative to each of
the crab released.
Due to the excellent co-operation
of the Japanese in supplying tag
data, Powell believes the off-shore
King crab studies proposed by the
Department in 1961 will benefit by
these Japanese tagging operations.
The Hokuyo Suisan Company has
requested of the Department of
Fish and Game, that should any of
their marked crab be found in the
future, that knowledge of their
number, location and date of cap
ture be forwarded to them at
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Tokyo to facilitate the Company’s
survey and research program.
Fishermen are urged to report
the recovery of crabs or fish bear
ing Japanese tags promptly to the
nearest office of the Alaska Depart
ment of Fish and Game.
The setbacks referred to earlier,
of course, are the lifting of the ban
on imports of King crab from Rus
sia; and the possible depletion of
the supply of crab. This latter
event can stem from overfishing
certain productive areas, or fish
ing by other nationals in areas be
yond the boundaries now used by
U. S. fishermen. The continuing
study of the habits of the crab,
their procreation, how far they
travel, etc., will bring the answers,
it is hoped, to assure sustained
yields and a continuing industry.
It’s been said, “Americans are
the friendliest people in the world.
And Alaskans are the friendliest
people in America.” The Alaska
Division of Tourism says, let’s
prove that statement this year,
when thousands of visitors come to
our State. One satisfied visitor will
send a dozen more next year.
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