. Correspondence relative to the seizure of British vessels in Behring Sea by the United States' authorities in 1886-91 [microform]. Bering Sea controversy; Fisheries; Béring, Affaire des pêcheries de; Pêche commerciale. 326 ^fil 1(M»,(MM) on shore destvoycil only thirty-one seals. Those were killed by accident. Sometimes a young .seal, or one not intended to he killed, poj)s up head and gets a ))lo\v, unintentionally. " Q. Till! waste of seal life was only tifty-tluee in 1887 ':âA. Yes, lir ; in securing 1(HI,(HM» skins, while these marauders did not kill last year less than .
. Correspondence relative to the seizure of British vessels in Behring Sea by the United States' authorities in 1886-91 [microform]. Bering Sea controversy; Fisheries; Béring, Affaire des pêcheries de; Pêche commerciale. 326 ^fil 1(M»,(MM) on shore destvoycil only thirty-one seals. Those were killed by accident. Sometimes a young .seal, or one not intended to he killed, poj)s up head and gets a ))lo\v, unintentionally. " Q. Till! waste of seal life was only tifty-tluee in 1887 ':âA. Yes, lir ; in securing 1(HI,(HM» skins, while these marauders did not kill last year less than .")(K>,(KH). The logs of niaiauding schooners have fallen into my hands, and they have convinced me tiuit they do not secure more than one seal out of every ten that they mortally wound and kill, for tlie reasons that the seals sink very ((uickly in the water. .-VUowing one out of ten, there wouhl he .S(M»,()(I() that they wonld kill iii getting 8(»,(KH) skins ; 2(H),(MK) of those killed would l)e feuuiles, having â¢J(l(t,(M)() pups on shore. pups would ilie l»y reason of tlie death of their mothers, which, added to tiie 8(H),(KI0, makes rilKKdOO are killed liy marau<lcrs. " <i). You aie of the ojiiniou, then, that the luai'auders are killing more .seals than the Alaska Commercial Company?âA. At least live or six time as many as tlie Alaska Connnercial Com])any are killing. " What will be the effect if more stringent measures are not taken to protect the seals l)y the Government ?âA. If more stringent measures are not taken, it is only a (|Uestither home, where they will not be molested. Tliey will not continue to be linrassed ; and, if this marandiiig is continued, they will, in M)y opinion, either bo gradually exterminated, or will leave the islands i)eniianently, and land at some other jilace. I hey may go on the Russian side. " (). \Yill marauding increase if the (iovernment does not take steps to prevent it ':âA.
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