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Fish And Wildlife
King Crabs; Seek
Crews of the M/V YAQUINA
and M/V PAKAGON tagged and
released 5,843 king crabs along the
continental shelf of the Pacific
Ocean from Marmot Island south
west to the Shumagin Islands dur
ing a three-month period from July
1962 to October 1962. These tag re
leases were made as part of the
U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fish
eries expanded program to deter
mine whether or not crabs living
on the continental shelf migrate
into the shallow bays along the
coast to breed or spend their en
tire life offshore as separate
stocks. The tagging program is be
ing conducted by the Auke Bay Bi
ological Research Laboratory and
tag recoveries are being made un
der a cooperative arrangement
with the Alaska Department of
Fish and Game.
MARMOT ISLAND
According to Dr. James B. Kirk
Crew Tags 5,843
Local Cooperation
wood, U.S. Bureau of Commercial
Fisheries biologist in charge of the
tagging program, the crew of the
YAQUINA released 2,847 tagged
king crabs just east of Marmot
Island along the continental shelf
from 57’N. Lat. to 59°N. Lat. To
date 134 of these tags have been
recovered from this area.
The PARAGON’S crew tagged
and released 2,996 king crabs west
of Kodiak Island and south of 57°
N. Lat. Fifteen hundred of these
crabs were tagged in the vicinity
of Chirikof Island to determine
whether or not a distinct stock
exists in this area. Nine of the
Chirikof Island tags have been re
covered from crabs that had moved
back to the Trinity Islands. The
remaining 104 recoveries made
southwest of Kodiak have included
no returns from crabs tagged west
of Chirikof Gully.
TRAWL SURVEY
Dr. Kirkwood reported that an
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additional 2,876 crabs were tagged
south of the Alaska Peninsula by
the International North Pacific
Halibut Commission during a trawl
survey of this area in 1961 and
1962. Of the crabs released during
this survey, 428 have been returned
so far. The combined tagging op
erations for the two years have
resulted in the marking and re
lease of 8,719 crabs of which 675
have been returned by commercial
fishermen to date. Tagged crabs
are now out from north of Kodiak
Island to west of the Shumagin
Islands.
One tag returned the first week
in February had been placed on a
king crab in 1957 by the Bureau.
Three tags from this group of 1,900
crabs tagged and released in 1957
have been returned since Novem
ber, 1962. This earlier study shows
that tags placed on crabs in 1962
may continue to show up for at
least five years. Accurate analysis
of king crab tagging data depends
on tag returns that come in over a
long period of time.
RETURNS LOW
Dr. Kirkwood explained that the
number of tag returns is low be
cause the U.S. Bureau of Commer
cial Fisheries purposely avoids
tagging crabs in the fishery. He
emphasized that Bureau biologists
have tagged crabs only in areas out
side those presently being fished
to determine whether or not crabs
offshore move into the fishery or
stay offshore as separate stocks.
The Bureau study is aimed at de
fining the geographic range and
movements of these crab stocks so
biologists can determine the per
centage of each offshore stock now
being harvested.
Because of the low number of
returns expected, each tag recap
tured provides vital information
on crab movements. The success
of the entire study now depends
on a continuation of the fine co
operation and support already be
ing received from fishermen in
the Kodiak area. Anyone catching
a tagged king crab to record the
tag number, location and date of
capture and to give this informa
tion and the crab to Guy Powell,
Alaska Department of Fish and
Game, Kodiak, Alaska. A reward
of two dollars will be paid for each
tagged crab turned in with accom
panying recovery information.
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Brownie Troop 239
Busy On Projects
Brownie Troop 239 has just com
pleted a project on “Ways to Make
a Good Brownie.”
Each girl made a booklet illu
strating these ways. The Troop 239
consists of Kathleen Snyder. Sha
ron Nelson, Annette Klockenbrink,
Debra Hester, Colleen Winston and
Susan White.
Gwen Wagner is the leader, and
Jo Ann McAllister is the assistant.
ACS Staff Set
For Departure
Three members of the ACS staff
who have served a combined total
of seven years stationed in Kodiak
are due to leave this month.
They are Sgt. Charles W. John
son, Jr., who is scheduled to receive
his discharge on March 24, and
SP5 Harry N. McGrody and SP4
Richard S. Regan. McGrody has
been here for one year and Regan
for two.
Two of the three men, Johnson
and Regan have indicated that
they will return to Kodiak to make
their home.
Chignik Fishermen
Back Kodiak View
Word was received today that
Chignik area fishermen are “lining
up solidly” behind Kodiak fisher
men in their stand on the fisheries
controversy, according to Oscar Dy
son.
Algot Anderson, vice chairman
of the state Fish and Game Advis
ory Board, has advised Dyson "if
we of Chignik can help you in any
way let us know”
“I’m sure that any man that calls
himself a fisherman will back your
statement of views 100 per cent,”
said Anderson, adding, “If we
can’t keep a foreign nation out of
our fisheries, I think we ought to
declare a 200 mile limit off our
shores. Our government does not
want to help us, maybe we ought
to make our own laws. Keep up
the good work,” he concluded.
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