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HUNTING SEASONS AND BAG UIMIS (Conlin»ed> 

 MARINE MAMMAL HUNTING (Continued; 



Spocles and Units Open Seasons Bag Limits 



(3) SEAL, ELEPHANT 



Units 1 rh rough 5 No open season 



(4) WALRUS 



Units 9 tnd 17 No open season 



Unics 18, 22, 23 and 26 Resident: One adult bull; provided how- 



No closed season ever, that residents dependent 



upon and utilizing walr^ for 

 food may . ts.ke up to 5 adult 

 cows or subaduits (either sex), 

 and adult bulls without a limit; 

 and provided further, that or- 

 phaned calves mav Ix: taken 

 for food without conr;ibuting to 

 the bag limit. 



Nonresident: One adult bull 



No closed season 



Taking of Polar Bear, Walbus and Sea Ottesi on the High Se^as 



The taking of polar bear, walrus and sea otter on the high seas by residents 

 of Alaska is permitted only by accordance with the seasons, bag limits, methods 

 and means, and licensing provisions that presently pertain to tlie taking of these 

 animals in Alaska and its territorial waters. 



Bounties. Bounties, as established by statute, will be paid in the following 

 game management units or parts thereof, upon compliance with the bounlty 

 procedures set forth in AS 16.35.050 through 16.35.130 : 



Coyote. — No bounty paid in any unit. 



Wolf. — Bounty paid in Units 1, 2, and 3 only. 



Wolverine. — No bounty paid in any unit. 



Hair seal. — Inland and coastal waters of Alaska west of 159 degrees west 

 longitude or north of ,69 degrees north latitude, except the waters south of 

 58 degrees north latitude. 



(Excerpt from ''Rare and Endangered Fish and Wildlife of the United States," 



1968 ed.) 



Ribbon Seal — Histriophoca fasciata (Zimmermann) 



ORDER : PINNIPEDIA ; FAMILY : PHOCIDAE 



Distinguishing characteristics. — Adults attain a length of up to 6V^ feet; 

 coloration in male dark brown marked with well-defined yellowish-white band 

 around the neck, one around base of each forelimb. and one around rump; 

 coloration of female pale grayish-yellow or grayish-brown, with whitish band 

 across lower back. 



Present distribution. — In general, from Kurile Islands and Okhotsk Sea north- 

 ward along the coasts of Kamchatka and in the Bering Straits. Along the Alaska 

 coast, from Point Barrow to the Aleutian Islands. 



Former distribution. — Roughly the same. 



Status. — Rare. 



Estimated numbers. — No estimates. 



Breeding rate in the ivild. — Young are born on the ice in March, April and 

 early May. Females probably breed once every two years. 



