Annual Halibut
Derby To Begin
On Fourth Of July
The annual Halibut Derby, spon
sored by the Kodiak Outdoorsmen
Club will be held July 4, 5, 6, 7,
and July 12, 13, and 14.
Tickets good for one day’s fish
ing may be obtained at Curley’s
Barber Shop and Knudsen’s at a
price of $1 per ticket.
Following is a list of the con
tributors to the Halibut Derby
Fund:
Solly’s “office,” Curley’s Barber
Shop, Kodiak Cleaners, Mecca Bar,
Club Casino, Kodiak Cafe, Polar
Bear Cafe, Sportland, Pete Deveau,
Breaker’s Bar, Anderson’s Main
tenance Service, Kodiak Barber
Shop, Holmes Johnson Clinic, Wil
liam H. Lamme, Smokey Stover.
Commercial Value
Seen For Sea
Lion Pup Skins
The many local persons inter
ested in seal hunting commercially
may well be able to increase their
earnings through harvesting of sea
lion pups according to a news re
lease of the Juneau office of the
ADF&G.
The Pacific Seal Company Ltd.,
P. O. Box 7, New Westminster,
British Columbia, Canada, recently
advised the Department of Fish
and Game that the skins of New
born sea lion pups appear to have
a market value of $6 or perhaps
more. This communication resulted
from the experimental processing
of a sea lion pup skin which was
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furnished by the Department of
Fish and Game for processing. The
skin was processed in Europe by
methods normally employed for
hair seal skins.
The present population of sea
lions in Alaska number between
150,000 and 200,000 animals ac
cording to Walter Kirkness, Com
missioner of the Department of
Fish and Game. This recent evi
dence of commercial value sug
gests that Alaska’s sea lion re
sources may be developed into a
new, though limited, industry.
Commissioner Kirkness pointed
out that sea lions give birth to their
Millie Markham
Relatives Arrive
Darlene and Glenn Amundson
and family arrived in Kodiak this
Wednesday from Detroit Lakes,
Minn., and are planning to estab
pups during the month of June
and that the skins of pups would
have to be harvested during that
time. Persons desiring information
on methods of handling and ship
ping skins may contact directly the
Pacific Seal Company, P. O. Box 7,
New Westminster, British Colum
bia, Canada, for information.
lish their home here.
Their aunt, Millie Markham,
flew to Anchorage to greet them
and bring them on over to Kodiak.
They drove up over the highway
and are having their car shipped
here later.
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