500 ALASKAN HERD. 



It is very important that the seals be protected in the waters of the 



North Pacific and Bering Sea from being killed 



Jas. Lajlin, p. 452. by hunters, or they will be so near exterminated 



in a short time that it will pay no one to hunt 



them. 



I think if something is not done to protect seals in the North Pacific 

 and Bering Sea they will become exterminated 

 Wm. H. Long, p. 458. j n a yery few yea rs. 



Q. If sealing continues as heretofore, is there any danger of exter- 

 minating them ' — A. If they continue as they have 



Alex. McLean, p. 438. been since 1 have been in business I will give them 

 another ten years ; alter that the sealing business 

 will be about finished. It will not justify anyone to fit out from 

 here or anywhere else, and people that look after the sealing interests, 

 I do not think they will benefit anything by it, if they don't protect the 

 seal life at present. 



Q. If sealing continues as heretofore, is there any danger of exter- 

 minating them? — A. Yes, sir; they will all be ex- 



Dun'l. McLean, p. 444. terminated in three years, and there will be no 

 more sealing. 



Jas. Malay, p. 403. Something certainly should be done to stop 



the killing, or there will be none left in a very 

 short time. 



Q. Is it your opinion, if sealing continues unrestricted, that they will 



soon be exterminated 1 ? — A. There certainly will 



Frank Moreau, p. 468. no £ ] te as mail y j n a f ew years as there are now. 



With the present increasing fleet of sealing vessels the seal herd will 

 soon become exterminated unless some restric- 

 John Moms, p. 310. tions are placed upon pelagic sealing. 



I have no doubt in my own mind that unless some restrictive measures 



arc taken, the seals will either be eventually ex- 



Morris Moss, p. 342. terminated or become so scarce it will not pay to 



hunt them. The fleet has increased greatly in the 



last few years, and will continue to do so as long as there is money in 



the business. 



If something is not done to protect seals in the North Pacific and 

 T.T-, v ; A-7f\ Bering Sea, they will become exterminated in a 



A lies kelson, p, 470. "? J 



very lew years. 



In my opinion, it is a shame to kill the female seal before she has 



given birth to her young. Pelagic sealing in the 



Wm. Short, p. 348. North Pacific Ocean before the middle of June 



is very destructive and wasteful and should be 



stopped. 



If seal are not protected in the North Pacific Ocean and given a 

 chance to raise their young, they must soon be ex- 



Frcd. Smith, p.3i ( j. terminated,, for most of the seals killed in the Pa- 

 cific Ocean are cows with pup. 



