Record-Breaking King Crab Year In
The Making Latest Figures Indicate
Latest figures released last
week indicate a record catch of
King Crab will be established this
year.
Area Management Biologist Dex
ter Lall of the ADF&G released
figures showing that the accumu
lated total since last July 1 of king
crab caught was 2,797,618 with a
total weight of 23,966,138 pounds.
These figures did not include the
month of February during which
fishing has been “fairly good so
far.”
During the entire crab year
(July 1 thru June 30) of 1961-62 a
total of 3,093,339 crab were caught
with a total weight of 28,145,546
pounds.
In January the total number of
crabs caught was 451,585 with a
weight of 4,620,931 pounds.
While a slack period is expected
between now and the end of June.
Lall pointed out that on the basis
of past years “it is reasonable to
believe there will be a good catch
during June.”
“The total number oi' vessels
registered to fish king crab during
the calendar year 1963 has so far
reached 126 boats,” Lall stated,
adding that about 207 registered
in 1962 and 177 in 1961.
LARGER VESSELS
Lall pointed out that vessels en
gaged in the king crab fishery are
tending to increase greatly in size
and that the entry of the larger
deep-sea or ocean going size ships
has made possible fishing of areas
further off-shore not before avail
able to the smaller boats.
“Our research is relatively lim
ited so for and we are still wont
ing with crab spawned by virgin
crab populations,” said Lall.
“In the past years the average
weight of crabs landed has been
going down year after year but we
expected this,” he said.
In recent months with the larger
vessels able to operate further off
shore the average weight of crab
landed here on the north end of
the island has increased to an av
erage of about 11 pounds. The
average weight for south end crab
has been around 8% pounds. The
bulk of the fishing fleet is now
concentrated largely on the north
end rather than the south end as
in past seasons.
According to Lall there is a pos
sibility that the crab caught, pri
marily by the larger vessels in the
off-shore areas of the Portlock and
Albatross Banks, are not from pop
ulations that come closer inshore
and within reach of the smaller
boat fishery, however, it is also
possible, he said, that the off-shore
fishery is intercepting crab which
migrate inshore at times and thus
the more the fleet moves off-shore
to fish, the less likely it is that
there will be a strong inshore fish
ery.
“It appears at this point that
the latter possibility is the more
probable,” Lall said.
ON HONOR ROLL
Norman Smith, son of the Rev.
and Mrs. Norman Smith formerly
of Kodiak, is among the 107 Lin
field College students placed on
the fall semester honor roll by the
college’s registrar. Norman is a
junior majoring in literature at
the college.
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Warning Issued To Dog Owners
Police Chief R. E. Vickery has
issued the following warning to
dog owners:
“We do not want to have to kill
any dogs, but when they run in a
pack and are subject to hurting
children or others, we more or
less will have to go to this form of
protection, but it seems like the
only time we find these dogs in a
pack is when some one will let
their females run loose when she
is in heat, therefore for your own
protection as well as others we re
quest you keep your dog tied up,
and if you don’t you will be cited
into court and that goes for other
dog owners, for it looks like you
do not want to try and cooperate
with the department, so our oniy
course will be to take you to
court.”
CHINIAK SEA LIONS
The sea lion rocks at Chiniak and
Sequel Point are within easy reach
of an outboard.
KNUDSEN’S
We Sell Something of
Almost Everything
Authentic Alaska Eskimo
Grass Baskets
Grass Baskets, Totem Poles.
No Siree these are not made in
Japan but in Alaska by Alas
kans.
Sealskin Slippers — Hats,
Fur Jackets.
Ilandtooled Leather Purses
and Wallets.
For Your Bird Lovers
In addition to our usual stock,
we recently received a stock of
Parakeet Seed.
March Winds A-Comin’
We Have the Kites
See our magic doodling skctch
a-pads — Nothing like ’em!
— Hard To Get Items —
One Foot Pedaled Home Organ
Books — Shooters Supplies
Cameras — Toys — Stationery
Jewelry — Ceramics
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