Crab Tag Loss
Study Underway
A special study of “tag loss” is
currently underway according to
Guy Powell, King Crab Biologist
of the Alaska Department of Fish
and Game here.
“The King Crab Research Pro
ject of the ADFG is presently con
ducting a study in Kodiak in co
operation with Alaska Packers As
sociation to determine information
about natural loss of crab tags,”
Powell revealed this week.
“For example, if biologists tag
6,000 crabs in July 1961, they must
learn how many tags remain in
subsequent years. In July 1962, one
year later, do 6,000 remain or 5,
000? How many tags have been ac
cidentally removed from the crabs
at the ocean bottom?”—are ques
tions the study hopes to find an
swers to, Powell said.
“In order to study tag loss, 360
female crabs were tagged April 14,
1962, and divided into six groups
of 60 crabs each. Each group of 60
crabs was placed into a seperate
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tank for observation at the APA
cannery. All females were expect
ed to molt within the next 60 days.
“On May 14, 1962, one month la
ter, we relate that a total of 183
crabs have molted, all of which
have retained their tags. Those
crabs not molting (177) have also
all retained their tags. So with
these preliminary results, it ap
pears highly possible that present
tags have been developed to the
point that tag loss could be negli
gible during molting. With each
passing week, more knowledge will
be obtained,” Powell concluded.
Gruening Requests
Funds For Kodiak
Senator Ernest Gruening (D
Alaska) included $14,000 for ‘-Ko
diak small boat harbor survey” in
his requests for further federal
river and harbor projects in Alaska
when he testified before the Public
Works Subcommittee of the Sen
ate Appropriations Committee last
week.
Although the Army Corps of En
gineers has indicated it “can use”
additional funds for such a pur
pose, the Bureau of the Budget
made no request or clearance for
the amount in fiscal 1963.
Helicopter For
Kodiak Airways
Kodiak soon will boast of its own
commercial “whirlybird.”
Robert Hall, president of Kodiak
Airways, and John Warren, one of
his pilots, are taking helicopter
flight instruction from the firm of
Thunderbird Helicopters at Paine
Field near Everett, Wash.
Hall and Warren have been out
side several weeks to purchase a
helicopter for use here.
They have arranged for delivery
of a Brantly helicopter, according
to George C. Petrie, airport man
ager for Snohomish County.
Festival Tickets
Now Available
Subscription and general admis
sion tickets for the seventh annual
Alaska Festival of Music are now
on sale in Anchorage. The festival
opens June 11 and continues
through June 28.
A $20 subscription will entitle
music lovers to attend five recitals
and three concerts during the fes
tival. Reserved seats will be avail
able only through subscriptions.
Subscriptions and tickets may be
obtained from the Anchor Book
Shop and Caribou’s in Anchorage.
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Rotarians Plan
100% Attendance
At Conference
The local Rotary Club is plan
ning to send a 100 percent attend
ance delegation to the District Ro
tary conferesce which will be held
in Anchorage in May of next year.
A committee consisting of A1
Hochberger, chairman, Ed Naugh
ton, Dr. Bruce Keers and Archie
Zehe, are working out plans to fi
fance the trip by chartered plane.
The announcement was made at
the meeting of the club Tuesday
noon in the 49 Room.
Bob Simon, Chief biologist here
for ADF & G spoke to the group
on the development of the Fraser
Lake project. He gave a brief re
view of the history of the planting
of the lake with green eggs in
1951, later stocking with “eyed"
eggs and later with adult salmon.
Returns, he said, indicate the possi
bilities of the project. Expendi
tures of $225,000 are planned in
the near future, he said, for the
building of fish ladders, etc.
Present at the meeting as guests
were Don Fenner, Roy Madsen*
and Lt. Seagle.
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