164 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Sale of 580 blue and 20 ivhite fox skins at St. Louis, Mo., October 3, 1927 — Con^ 



SALE OF SEA-OTTER SKINS 



Two sea-otter skins, which had been unlawfully taken in the 

 vicinity of Sanak Island, Alaska, were sold at public auction on 

 October 3, 1927, for $92. 



FUR-SEAL PATROL 



UNITED STATES COAST GUARD 



A patrol of the North Pacific Ocean, including Bering Sea, was 

 maintained by the United States Coast Guard during the spring 

 migration of the Pribilof Islands fur-seal herd and while the animals 

 were in the waters about those islands. The cutters Algonquin, 

 Haida, Snohomish, Unalga, and Northland were engaged in this work. 

 The Algonquin and Haida patrolled the waters along the Alaskan 



