tions were not carried on closer tl-an a section line 100 miles from the 

 nearest Bristol Bay- river „ However from that section line eastward the 

 width of the Bay becomes progressively smaller, similarly the concentra- 

 tion of salmon would become progre»sively greater, and consequently the 

 salmon would become progressively easier to capture. 



3. In addition to the salmon populations residing in or passing 

 through the waters of eastern Bering Sea, there are large populations of 

 bottom fishes and shellfishes residing on the continental shelf in this 

 region,, ViThile United States nationals have not intensively engaged in 

 fishing operations for such species, except for cod, it is only a matter of 

 time before these rescurces on our continental shelf will be prosecuted. 



h' In addition to the problem of protecting the fishery resources 

 of Alaska after the war, there will also be the problem of protecting the 

 fur seals which breed on the Pribilof Islands. These seals were protected 

 by a tr^ty betv/een Russia, Canada, the United States and Japan, under the 

 terms of which the nationals of these states were prohibited, with certain 

 minor exceptions, from engaging in pelagic sealingo Japan abrogated this 

 treaty effective October 19Ul. 



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