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mem available at the office of the
Kodiak Telephone Company.
Subscribers desiring new direct
ories are asked to bring in their
old directories .
In line with the company’s pol
icy to give recognition to a Kodiak
activity, the cover of the new dir
ectory offers a salute to the Kodiak
©utdoorsmen.
The directory was printed by
■t!*e Island Publishing Company.
There have been many number
changes since the last directory.
Naval Station
Births
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A eon, Richard James, weighing
8 lbs., was born on February 15
to June Madlene and Richard
James Fleck, RM1, USN.
The baby is the fourth child for
Mr. and Mrs. Fleck, Who reside
at MEMQ JJD, Naval Station.
A son, James Alan, weighing 6
lbs. 8 ozs., was born on February
15 to Mary Irene and Robert Leon
Maine, Jr., HM3, USN.
James Alan is the third child
for the Flecks’, who are residing
on Abberts Road, Kodiak.
A daughter, Cynthia Anne,
weighing 8 lbs. 12Vz ozs., was born
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on February, 16 to Luciretia Ann
and Donald Dwain Maah, CS2,
sit 1780 North Boulevard, and
USCG. The Maeh family reside
there is an older child.
PTA To Meet
The March meeting of the Ko
diak PTA will be held in the audi
torium of the Kodiak Main School
on Thursday, March 10, at 7:30.
CRAB RANCHING
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cope with emergencies
Powell recently made films of
a king crab moulting and discard
ing its old shell. This was possible
because ihe was able to observe
the moulting process taking place
in his undersea pens.
The only time a crab or crus
tacean can increase its size is dur
ing a short period after it has
shed its old shell. Comparatively
little is known about king crab
growth rates. After hatching, the
crab’s life begins as a speck of
microscopic plankton in the sea.
From this almost invisible size it
sometimes grows into a 24-pound
monster with a leg spread of near
ly 58 indies.
No biologist is quite sure of the
age male crabs become sexually
mature. A female indicates arrival
at maturity by the presence of eggs
under her tail. Here she carries
from 200,000 to 400,000 of them.
Her sexual maturity has been
roughly estimated at four years
when she measures four inches
across the body. A male’s body
must measure 6-% inches before
the animal can be taken legally by
a fisherman.
Picking up a king crab, says
Powell, can be real hazardous for
a diver. For that reason he
never tries to handle more than
one at a time under water where
they are particularly active. They
can tear a diver’s suit apart
TThile waving their enormous legs
and claws about.
Another menace that might con
tribute considerably to the insom
nia of a skin diver less determined
than Powell, are killer whal’es.
These marauding raiders of the
deep have been captured in
the vicinity of Kodiak with as
many as 13 seals in their stomachs.
At times they swim through the
harbor. “Killer whales and skin
divers just don’t mix,” said Powell.
“I hope I never encounter a killer
whale. Perhaps they could dis
tinguish a skin diver from a seal.
I hope they can.”
The (biological evidence being
gathered will be used for manage
ment purposes wherever king
crabs are found and harvested.
There is reason to believe that
king crab fishing areas will be
greatly extended. This year a new
fishing area will be investigated
in the vicinity of Pelican in South'
eastern Alaska. Much of the suc
cess of managing this valuable re
source by the Alaska Department
of Fish and Game will be based on
the type of data Powell is accumu
lating in his undersea diving inr
vestigations at Kodiak.
Another aspect that intrigues
Powell is the use of scuba gear
for personal use fishing. H*
visions the thrifty-minded Alaska*
housewife of the future busily
augmenting her Friday seafood
menu by shopping on the ocean
lloor dressed in a skin diver’s
suit. The latest style, of course.
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Departs Kodiak making stops at Old
Harbor, Alitak, Karluk, Larsen Bay,
San Juan and Uganik, Port Bailey,
Afognak and llziniki.
SAMPLE MIES
5 Passengers: Round trip-$55 plus tax
(Including meals)
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Freight: S1.30 per hundred pounds
or 65 cents per cubic foot.
For freight and passenger rates to
any point contact the City Dock
Phone 355i
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