4 CONTENTS. 



Pag«. 



Whale fishery 51 



Shore stations 51 



Statistical summary 51 



Clam fishery 52 



Minor fisheries 54 



Trout 54 



Sablefish 54 



Red rockfish 55 



Shrimps 55 



Crabs 55 



Sharks 55 



Miscellaneous fishery products 56 



MINOR FUR-BEARING ANIMALS. 



Field work 57 



Regulations 57 



Fur farming 58 



Review of fur farming in southeastern Alaska 63 



Shipment of furs from Alaska 66 



Leasing of islands for fur farming 68 



FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY. 



Pribilof Islands. ... 70 



General administrative work 70 



Personnel 70 



Purchase and transportation of supplies 71 



New buildings and repair work 72 



Use of steamer Roosevelt 72 



Natives of the Pribilof Islands 73 



Health 73 



Schools. ._ 75 



Motion pictures 77 



Savings accounts 77 



Census 78 



Fur-seal herd 82 



Killing of seals 82 



Utilization of waste products 84 



Branded seals 86 



Census of the fur-seal herd 88 



Foxes 88 



Reindeer 89 



Radio service 89 



Patrol of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea 89 



Sealing privileges accorded aborigines 90 



Shipment of skins from Pribilof Islands in 1917 91 



Sales of fur-seal skins 92 



Sale of fox skins 95 



FUR-SEAL CENSUS, PRIBILOF ISLANDS, 1917. 



Scope of 1917 census 97 



Habits of fur seals 97 



The pups 99 



Dead pups 102 



The breeding cows 103 



Losses at sea 103 



Ages of cows 104 



The 3-year-old cows 104 



The 5-year-old branded cows 104 



Harem and idle bulls 105 



The average harem lOS 



Hauling-ground seals. .,,,.,..,,,,.,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,.,,,,,,,,..,, 110 



