272 



Mr. KiRKNESs. Mr. Chainnan, I think those figiires are correct, but 

 they only ^ive you one part of the operation which is the actual sealing 

 and blubbering. 



Mr. DiNGELL. I am going to insert this whole report in the record 

 and I am going to ask that you submit us such additional information, 

 exphmatory in character, of the apparent disagreement in figures that 

 we have hero before us. 



In any event, it becomes indisputable to me that you folks are not 

 puttintr'as much into the Pribilofs as you should be under the statute, 

 if this statute is to be interpreted as having consideration given to the 

 well-being of the Pribilo^^ans. 



(The material follows:) 



Annual Report of Sealing Operations, 1970, Pribilof Islands, Alaska 

 (By Staff of Marine Mammal Resources Program) 



INTBODUCTION 



On October 3, 1970, the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries was tranrferred from 

 the Department of the Interior to the Department of Commerce. The Bureau was 

 renamed the National Marine Fisheries Service and a function of the National 

 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 



Since 1962. when tlie pay plan was last revised to put the Pribilof Island Aleuti? 

 on a fully competitive basis, one of the primary aims of the former Bureau of 

 Commercial Fisheries had been to provide training in all fields sufficient to allow 

 the residents to conduct their own affairs. As a result, no full time non-resident 

 administrator for the Bureau has been on duty on St. George since 1965, nor 

 on St Paul since 1968. In each case, the island re.sident foreman has been in 

 charge and no unusual or abnormal problems have arisen. 



Under the provisions of the Fur Seal Act of 1966, St. Paul residents may become 

 eligible to own their homes if certain specified conditions were met. Accordingly, 

 an economic and social study was completed by the University of Alaska, and 

 the Bureau of Land Management surveyed and platted the townsite. The Com- 

 munity of St. Paid has long operated under a corporate charter which has 

 allowed the members to enter into various business activities. In recent years 

 the residents have been encouraged to incorporate at a fourth class city under 

 the laws of the State of Alaska. 



SEALING OPERATIONS— COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION 



Immature Mature 



Killed for processing, June 24-July 31 Males females females Total 



St. Paul Island -.. 



St. George Island. - 



Rejected for quality: 



St. Paul Island.. 



St. George Island 



Net commercial production: 



St. Paul Island 



St. George Island - 



Total 



' 1,599 special skins (Aulson Blubbering Machine) are included in this total and are to be included in the total commercial 

 pack. 



' 62 immature and 58 mature females were inadvertently taken during the season and packed in barrels containing male 

 skins. Identification strings were left attached. 



FEMALE HARVEST 



No female seals were deliberately killed this year with the exception of 21 

 white-whiskered cows that were taken for Dr. Daniels, University of Colorado, 

 in connection with delayed implantation research. Aside from these, 110 females 

 on St. Paul and 10 on St. George were inadvertently killed and included in the 

 harvest. They were distinctly marked with the appropriate twine through the 

 flipper holes designating immature and mature females and barreled along with 

 the males. 



