. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 16 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 19, No. 11 The harvest last year amounted to 122, 826 skins, age annual yield was close to 65,000 skins. From 1940 to 1956 the aver- The fur-seal industry of the Pribilof Islands has been operated by the United States Government since 1910. In 1911 an International Convention between the United States, Great Britain, Ja- pan, and Russia to prohibit pe- lagic sealing--the killing of fur- seals at sea in the North Pacific- beccime effective. This convention, which pro- vided for the first time a sound basis
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 16 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 19, No. 11 The harvest last year amounted to 122, 826 skins, age annual yield was close to 65,000 skins. From 1940 to 1956 the aver- The fur-seal industry of the Pribilof Islands has been operated by the United States Government since 1910. In 1911 an International Convention between the United States, Great Britain, Ja- pan, and Russia to prohibit pe- lagic sealing--the killing of fur- seals at sea in the North Pacific- beccime effective. This convention, which pro- vided for the first time a sound basis for the management of the Alaska fur seals, remained in force for 30 years until termi- nated by Japan in October 1941. From 1942 the herd has been protected by a provisional agree- ment between Canada and the United States which reserved to Canada 20 percent of the skins taken each summer on the Pribi- lof SEAL PUPS IN TYPICAL CONCENTRATION OF LATE SUMMER ON POLOVINA ROOKERY, ALASKA. On February 9, 1957, a new interim North Pacific Fur-Seal Convention was concluded by Canada, Japan, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the United States, similar in form to the 1911 convention. The new convention provides that Canada and Japan each shall receive 15 percent of the seal skins taken commercially by the United States and by the U. S. S. R. On behalf of the United States, this convention was ratified by the Senate on August 8, 1957. Japan and Canada have already taken the required legislative action and Russia is expected to exchange ratifications soon. Approximately 80 percent of the world's fur seals go to the Pribilof Islands each summer to breed. During the winter these seals range southward as far as southern California. Great Lakes Fish Landings Increased in 1956 The 1956 United States Great Lakes commercial catch of fishery products, ex- clusive of Lake St. Clair and the International Lakes, amounted to over 79 million pounds, according to preliminary data
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