520 ALASKAN HERD. 



Deponent is further of the opinion that it would be necessary, in or- 

 der to fully protect the herds, to prohibit, at 



Herman Lieles, p. 514. least for a time, the killing of all female seals 

 anywhere. 



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



the Bering Sea, to prevent the herd from being 



Chas. Lutjens, p. 459. exterminated? — A. It is absolutely necessary. 



Q. What months in the year do you think they 



should be protected 1 ? — A. The months when they are in the Bering Sea, 



from July 5 to November 1. 



I think all pelagic sealing should be stopped for a few years in order 



to give the seals a rest, for they are now hunted 



Geo. McAlpine, p. 266. eight months in a year, and if we expect them to 



increase again we must stop hunting them in 



Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean. 



Q. If the cow seals are to be protected in the Bering Sea, what month 

 do you think it would be necessary to prohibit 



Alex. McLean, p. 438. any being taken? Would you prohibit them 

 being taken at any time or all times? — A. I think 

 if they are prohibited at all they should prohibit them for about two 

 months, principally July and August. 



Q. How about September? — A. They are through breeding then, and 

 the pups are ashore*. There are only two months that they can interfere 

 with them there for breeding purposes that I know of. The seasons 

 get later every year. There are breeding dates, etc. Ten years ago 

 they never used to be any later than August breeding there. Now they 

 are getting later than that, and are getting on to September, because 

 the world is changing, the climate is — the seals change according to 

 the climate. 



Q. If the cow seals are to be protected in the Bering Sea what months 



do you consider it would be necessary to prohibit 



DunJ. McLean, p. ill. any being taken ? — A. From the loth of June until 



the season finishes; that would be the first snow. 



The pups do not leave the islands on the first snow, but when the second 



snow comes they leave the islands. They ought to be protected until 



the second snow; that is, in November. 



G.E. Miner, p. 467. I think if all sealing was prohibited from Jan- 



uary 1 to August 15, in the North Pacific Ocean 

 and Bering Sea, it would give sufficient protection to the seal. 



That deponent is not in a position, by reason of possessing expert 

 knowledge or personal acquaintance of killing 

 Henry Poland, p. 571. seals, to pronounce a positive opinion as to what 

 steps are necessary, if any, to accomplish this re- 

 sult, but he would suppose it reasonable to say that a close time, which 

 should be universal in its application, for a- specified period in each 

 year, during which the killing of seals should be entirely prohibited, 

 and the imposition of heavy penalties, say a fine of £1,000, for any 

 violation of the regulations providing for such close time, would be 

 effective to preserve the herds referred to; and deponent would, under 

 any circumstances, increase the zone around the islands containing the 

 rookeries, within which sealing should be absolutely prohibited, to a 

 distance of 50 miles in every direction from the shore. 



