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be the absolute prohibition of open-sea hunting; but that it may be 

 sufficient protection for the herds in the North Pacific if a close season 

 can be arranged for all the seal north of the fiftieth parallel, north 

 latitude, and west of the one hundred and fiftieth degree of west lon- 

 gitude from the 1st day of May to the 1st day of November. Depon- 

 ent regards it as important that the seal herd should be protected as 

 above indicated in the North Pacific, as otherwise they will be exter- 

 minated, even if sealing be prohibited in the Bering Sea. 



I think the schooners should be stopped from hunting seal, and then 

 they would become plenty again, and the Indians „ ^ 

 could kill them again as they used to. Paul Young > p - m 



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I think seal ought to be protected in the North Pacific and Bering 

 Sea from April 1 to September 1, in order to give 

 them a chance to raise their young. Peter Ander8 ° n > P- 313 - 



I do not think it is right to kill the mother seals before they have 

 given birth to their young, as it is a fact that 

 when we kill the mother seal we also kill her pup. B. Andricius, p. 314. 

 They should not be hunted for six weeks after 

 giving birth to their young. 



Q. In your opinion, is it absolutely necessary to protect the cows in 

 the Bering Sea to prevent the herd from being 

 exterminated 1 If so, for what months in the year 1 Geo. Ball, p. 483. 

 — A. It is my opinion that it is absolutely neces- 

 sary to protect the cows in Bering Sea during the entire year for a 

 period of years. 



I don't think it is right to kill the mother seal before they give birth 

 to their young, for it is a fact that when you kill Bernhardt Bleidn pm 

 the mother you also kdl her pup. 315. 



Pelagic sealing should be prohibited after April 1 of each year until 

 such time as the young pups are able to subsist 

 without nourishment from their mothers. Benry Brown, p. 318. 



If no seals were killed between the 1st day of April and the 1st day 

 of September they would increase; but it would 



take international agreement to make killing of 363 7FWiaw Brennan, p. 

 seals an offense during this season. 



And in order to prevent the extermination of seals the hunting of 

 them should be prohibited until after the mother 



seals give birth to their young. Sealers should ™- Brown (No - *>' 

 be notified of a closed season before they go to ' 

 the expense of fitting out. 



Q. What months of the year do you think they should be protected ? — 

 A. Prom the 1st of July to the last of October I „ , „ 7 

 think they should be protected. DanL Claussen ' *' 412> 



