518 ALASKAN HERD. 



Tf the present practice of seal-hunting be continued, it will be a 



matter of a short time when the seal herd will be 



Louis Culler, p. 321. commercially destroyed. I think there should be 



what is called a close season in seal hunting on 



the water, to extend from the 1st of April until such time after the cows 



have given birth to their young and have reared them to an age at 



which they can live without sustenance from their mother. 



I think a closed season should be established for breeding seal from 



January 1st to August loth in the North Pacific 

 Geo. Dishow, p. 323. 0ceau ftnd Bedng g ea> 



And all seal-hunting in the waters should be stopped for a few 

 years to give the seal a chance to become plenty 



Luke Frank, p. 291. a ,, a i n ■ 



Q. For what months in the year is it necessary to protect the cows 

 Luther T. Franklin p. lu ^ ie Bering Sea 1 ? — A. From the first of May to 

 42G. ' the last of August. 



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

 Bering Sea to prevent the herd from being ex- 

 <mrd IV. Funcke, p. terminated? If so, for what months in the year?— 

 A. Yes, sir; I think it necessary from the 1st 

 of July until the middle of September. 



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Chad George, p. 360. I think that all pelagic sealing should be stopped 

 for five or six years, and the seal would become 

 plenty again. 



Arthur Griffin, p. 326. Seals ought not to be killed in the water during 

 the months of April, May, June, July, and August. 



I think a closed season should be established between May 1st and 



September loth in North Pacific Ocean and Be- 



Martin Hannon, p. 415. ring g^ wkich would g i ve them a chance to 



increase. 



Q. Now, then, if the cow seals are to be protected in the Bering 



Sea, what month, do you consider it would be neces- 



77. Harmsen, } >. 443. gary t() p Von j b i t any \)Q U)g taken?— A. Say from 



the middle of June until the end of the year; some- 

 thing like that, the first of December. 



I think that for the proper preservation of the seals all pelagic hunt- 

 ing should be prohibited until the mother seals 

 Jus. n,irnso», p. 327. have given 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 



Wm. Uense.n, p. 484. exterminated; if so, for what months in the year? — 



A. I think it necessary to protect tbe cows in the 



Bering Sea from the first of July to the last of November, in order to 



protect them from being exterminated. 



