ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES 339 
FUR-SEAL PATROL 
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD 
Five cutters, two 165-foot patrol boats, and two 125-foot patrol 
boats of the Coast Guard were assigned by the Secretary of the Treas- 
ury to patrol the waters of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea 
for the protection of fur seals and sea otters which have their breeding 
grounds in Alaskan territory. 
The cutter Redwing patrolled between the Oregon-Washington 
boundary and Dixon Entrance, southeast Alaska, from April 1 to 
April 20. On the latter date the Tallapoosa sailed from Juneau to 
take up the patrol from Dixon Entrance to Unalaska until the middle 
of May. The Shoshone left San Francisco on April 15 for Unalaska, 
via Seattle, and remained north until July 31, and the Chelan sailed 
from Seattle on June 20 and based at Unalaska until October 1. As 
in previous years, the Northland made a cruise to the Arctic Ocean 
and patrolled in Bering Sea and adjacent waters. The vessel departed 
from Seattle on this voyage on May 10. 
The patrol boats Morris and Cyane sailed from Seward and Ketchi- 
kan, respectively, on April 20 for Unalaska, in which vicinity the 
former participated in the patrol until July 1, and the latter until 
July 15. Work there was carried on to the end of the season by the 
patrol boat Alert, which sailed from Ketchikan on June 20 and based 
at Unalaska until October 1, and by the Daphne, which proceeded 
north from San Francisco on July 1. . 
BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Three vessels of the Bureau of Fisheries were engaged in seal-patrol 
duty in the spring of 1936 off the northwest coast of Washington and 
in the vicinity of Sitka, Alaska, where pelagic sealing is carried on 
during the northward migration of the fur-seal herd. With base at 
Neah Bay, Wash., the Brant carried on the patrol from March 29 
to April 14, and the Crane from April 19 to May 9. The Kittiwake 
patrolled near Sitka, Alaska, during part of May. 
A representative of the Bureau was stationed, as in past years, 
at La Push, Wash., to observe sealing activities and secure compli- 
ance with treaty provisions and the law giving effect thereto in respect 
to the prohibition of the use of motorboats and firearms in the taking 
of fur seals by aborigines. The Bureau’s representative was at La 
Push from April 1 to May 30. There appeared to be no incentive 
for the Indians to hunt seals, other than to get a few animals for 
food, as several skins from, the previous year’s catch remained unsold. 
Moreover, the weather was unfavorable, and sealing trips were 
made only twice during the season. Seventeen seals were killed, all 
rather small and mostly females. 
SEALING PRIVILEGES ACCORDED ABORIGINES 
Under the provisions of the North Pacific Sealing Convention of 
July 7, 1911, Indians and other aborigines dwelling on the coasts of 
the waters designated by the convention may take fur-seal skins under 
limited conditions. In 1936 there were taken and duly authenticated 
