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12,000 fry to die before they reached KocTiak. However, none were
lost from Kodiak to Adak oven though the plan
hours because of mechanical trouble,
The fry (about 6,000) were sucessfully
with a loss cf only six in handling, and
very, well in the hand's cf LOPEZ who runs
Mr. SEXSMITH will be back next m°nth to
introduced into our hatchery
at last report were doing
the hatchery.
make a survey of the waters
ose best for planting. These fry were the last avail
s''' the biologist’s findings in October will give us a
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to determine th
able this year,
good basis to start on an all out program next spring.
One of the difficulties in planting"fingorllngs on Adak is the
presence, of so many Dollies and Stickleback in our waters (especially
the lakes). Both these fish prey heavily on young Rainbows, so the
problem of survival becomes a major one.
. .. CARIBOU
The Marinos went down to The Bay of Islands last week and while
down tnere looked after the Caribou herd to determine whether or
no it had increased very much. Though we won’t have an accurate
count until the biologists get down here next month, enough of the
herd was spotted to give a count of over forty head. This"is good
news because it means the herd will continue to grow and' some day
Adak will have the finest purebred stock of Caribou in Alaska out
side of the Nelchina herd from whence out stock came.
One dead adult cow was found, however. It seems the poor beast
had become tangled in some old telephone lines by an old pole, got
ten its antlers so entangled (yes, female Caribou have antlers)
that it starved to death. Civilization seems to be the curse of ail
wildlife.
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BASKETBALL AND BOWLING
Marine Barracks is real proud of their basketball team after the
Labor Day Tournament results. The first game of the Tournament was
an easy one for the Marines as they defeated Public Works 80 to 28.
In the second game things got a.little rougher, but they came through
in the tight spots and defeated A/C Maintenance by a one point margin,
-nfter that they were in the finals and really wanted to take that
fine looking trophy home with them. They got it and brought it home
with them, but it certainly wasn't’ an easy.task. The final game was
against Supply and it turned out even tougher than the earlier one.
Supply was leading by quite a bit until the Marines came roaring
back in the fourth quarter and tied the sc^re before the quarter end
ed. In.the overtime play, the Marines were leading by two points
when time ran out.. Just before time ran out a foul was ‘committed and
Supply made the point. The game ended with the Marines on top 42 to
41. It locks like a real good season ahead, so come out and see‘some
good playing. It also looks like a real good league this year with
•good sportsmanship on all teams and ample qualified officials.