332 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Sale of 544 blue and 9 white fox skins at St. Louis, Mo., September SO, 1929 — Con. 



Lot 

 No. 



607 

 608 

 609 

 610 

 611 

 612 

 613 

 614 

 615 

 616 

 617 

 618 



Num- 

 ber of 

 skins 



Trade classification 



BLUE-FOX SKINS- 



continued 



I dark 



6 ' do.... 



4 1 do..-. 



6 I... 



10 I I 



3 II silvery. 

 9 II 



10 II 



11 II 



7 II 



8 II 



4 IIlow 



Price 

 per 

 skin 



88.00 

 71.00 

 72.00 

 68.00 

 68.00 

 68.00 

 50.00 

 52.00 

 52.00 

 44.00 

 48.00 

 34.00 



Total for 

 lot 



264.00 

 426. 00 

 288.00 

 408. 00 

 680.00 

 204.00 

 450.00 

 520. 00 

 572. 00 

 308.00 

 384. 00 

 136.00 



Lot 

 No. 



619 

 620 



621 

 622 



Num 

 berof 

 skins 



544 



653 



Total for 

 lot 



72.00 

 448.00 



35, 865. 00 



512. 00 

 44.00 



556. 00 

 36, 421. 00 



SEA-OTTER SKINS 



Five sea-otter sldns, reported taken from animals found dead, were 

 seized by the bureau in 1929 and forwarded to the Fouke Fur Co., at 

 St. Louis, Mo., to be sold for Government account. Three of these 

 skins were taken on shores of the Aleutian Islands and surrendered 

 through the United States commissioner at Unalaska, and two were 

 taken in the vicinity of Yantarni Bay, near Cape Kunmik, on the 

 south side of the Alaska Peninsula, and turned over to the bureau's 

 warden at Kodiak. The skins were sold at public auction on Sep- 

 tember 30, 1929, for $96.3— one of them bringing $450. 



FUR-SEAL PATROL 



UNITED STATES COAST GUARD 



Five cutters — the Chelan^ Unalga, Snohomish, Northland, and 

 Haida — were assigned by the United States Coast Guard to take 

 part in the patrol for the protection of the fur seals and sea otters 

 in waters of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. 



The Snohomish began to patrol off the mouth of Columbia River 

 on April 5 and covered the area as far north as Dixon Entrance until 

 May 17. The Unalga patrolled from Dixon Entrance northward and 

 westward to Unalaska and then took part in the general patrol in 

 the Bering Sea region. The Chelan sailed from Seattle for Unalaska 

 in April and the Haida in June, patrolhng en route and thereafter 

 maintaining the patrol in Bering Sea and around the Pribilof Islands. 

 While on its annual trip to the Arctic Ocean the Northland patrolled 

 waters frequented by the fur seals. The season's patrol extended as 

 far westward as Attn, the westernmost island of the Aleutian Islands, 

 and was prosecuted as long as the circumstances required. 



BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



An E.Kecutive order of January 14, 1929, superseding one dated 

 April 11, 1924, named each of the bureau's boats in the Alaska 

 service as duly authorized and directed to take part in the patrol 

 for the protection of the fur seals and sea otters which frequent the 

 waters of the North Pacific Ocean. 



