Salmon Are Not
Fur Seal Food
Biologists Say
Salmon fishermen will be
pleased to hear that fur seals ap
parently do not eat salmon ... at
least not while they are in the
Portlock Bank area. This is what
we learned from talking to David
Spaulding, one of the two Cana
dian biologists aboard the T. W.
Islander which is currently in the
area for the purpose of studying
the fur seal herd.
The two biologists are from the
Fisheries Board of Canada and op
erate out of Nanaimo. British Co
lumbia. normally. Their work is
but a part of a four-power research
program on the fur seals carried
on by Canada. Japan. Russia, and
the United States
"Our research program on the
sea! herd is designed to study the
fur seal herd in relation to marine
resources—in particular to deter
mine whether seals have any seri
ous effect on fish species of com
mercial value.” said Spaulding.
"Under the research program
agreement Canada has to collect
500 seal specimens. The U.S. share
is 1.250 specimens. We generally
attempt to sample the herd as it
passes by the coast of British Co
lumbia. However this year we
missed the larger part of the mi
grating herd and came up here to
the Portlock Bank to complete tak
ing sample specimens,” Spaulding
pointed out.
“We measure their length,
weight and collect their stomachs
and reproductive organs for re
search purposes.” he advised.
Spaulding said that because the
fur seal, unlike the familiar hair
seal of this area, does not generally
sink immediately after being
killed, it is possible to obtain speci
mens with shotgun or rifle. They
lose from 6 to 10 per cent of their
kills.
"The fur seals we have col
lected in the Portlock Bank con
tained mostly sandlance in their
stomachs. (The sandlance is a 4
to frinch sand eel.) Off the B.C.
coast we find that herring makes
up about 50 per cent of the seals’
diet. Off the coast of Washington
state they subsist mainly on rock
fish. As far as salmon are con
cerned. our studies to date would
indicate that 8 to 12-inch young sal
mon provide about 5 per cent of
the fur seal diet while they are mi
grating along the coast of B.C.,”
Spaulding said.
According to Spaulding not all
the 1.5 to 2 million Pribilof Island
fur seal migrate.
"Most of the males stay in the
Gulf of Alaska while the females
and young males migrate on down
the Pacific Coast" he advised.
Bill Pinckard is the other biol
ogist aboard the T. W. Islander
which is a converted 108' U.S. sub
chaser from World War II days
skippered by Don Berven. The ves
sel will be back in port here again
about July 5th before departing for
Vancouver. B.C.
THANK YOU NOTE
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to extend its thanks to the mem
bers of the National Guard and
the American Legion for their
services at Tim’s funeral last Sun
day.
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