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ALASKA INDUSTRIES. 



Of the pelagic sealers examined by tbe United States ( United States case, Appendix, 

 Vol. II, pp. 3lo-uOT, inclusive) 79 give testimony as to the time tbey entered Bering 

 Sea. Of this number 68 entered the sea after June 20 and 61 entered between July 1 

 and July 15. 



Of the 316 depositions taken by Great Britain and printed in the British counter 

 case (Appendix, Vol. II) but 5 give the time of entering Bering Sea. One of these 

 (Miner, p. 113) gives the time as ''the latter part of June;" 2 (Ilartiveu, p. 112, and 

 Figuera, p. 125) "early in July;" and the 2 others (Gaudin, p. Ill, and Lutiens, p. 

 121), "July 20." 



From the testimony stated above, it is evident why Great Britain failed to examine 

 witnesses on this point, since the British commissioners proposed as a restrictive reg- 

 ulation that Bering Sea should not be entered before the Ist of July, and the British 

 counsel, in presenting a scheme for regulations to the tribunal, incorporated the same 

 suggestion therein. It scarcely seems possible, in face of the evidence that sealing 

 does not usually begin in Bering Sea until July, that Great Britain's advisers can 

 really believe that it would restrict pelagic sealing to prohibit the sealers from doing 

 what they have never done, do not do, and never would do. 



Of the sealers examined by the United States and Great Britain, 29 suggest a defi- 

 nite period for a close time. They are arranged below in the form of a table, show- 

 ing the months in which they think pelagic sealing should be prohibited. The first 

 7 were examined by Great Britain, and their depositions are included in the British 

 counter case. (Appendix, Vol. II.) The remainder were examined by the United 

 States, and their statements appear in the United States case. (Appendix, Vol. II). 



These men, being pelagic sealers, know what months sealing is injurious to the 

 seal herd. If, therefore, the advice of all these witnesses were followed, every 

 month in the year would be closed to pelagic sealing. 



Taiulation of opinions of pelagic sealers, shotving during what months protection is needed 



in Bering Sea. 



Dishow 



O'Leary 



E. P. Miner. 

 (Jeo. Scott... 



Lutjens 



Couiiers 



Moreau 



Anderson 



AndricJus... 



Ball 



Henri Brown 



Brennan 



Claaseu 



Culler 



Frankly n ... 



l^'nncke 



Griffin 



Hannon 



Hannsen .... 



Harrison 



Hansen 



Hoffman 



Johnson 



Kiernan 



Lawson 



Lenard 



A. McLean. . 

 D. McLean.. 

 Sundwall ... 





1-5 





Ph 



I I- 



I I- 



I I 



■I I 



I I I 



July. 



July-August. 



January- July. 



July-September. 



July-Decem ber. 



July-September. 



July-September, 



April-August. 



January-August 15. 



July-September. 



April-December. 



April-August. 



July-Octooer. 



April-November 15. 



May-September. 



July-September 15. 



April- August. 



May-September 15. 



June 15-December. 



January-July 15. 



July-N'o%-emtjer. 



June-Iuly. 



July-December. 



March-September. 



April-October. 



March-October. 



July-August. 



June lii-October. 



July-October. 



An examination of the foregoing table shows that as to some months all are sub- 

 stantially agreed that sealing should bo prohibited if the seals are to be preserved. 

 These months are July and August, the principal sealing months in Bering Sea. 



All the 29 include July, except one, who thinks the close season shoitld end on 

 July 15. 



Twenty-four, or four-fifths of the witnesses, include August, and 17 include Sep- 

 tember in their projiosed close season. 



