275 



In addition to the 527 barrels of sealskins the shipment included 148 bar- 

 rels of blubber which was calculated to be the amount required by The Fouke 

 Gonipanv to process these sealskins. 



T^pon "the vessel's arrival in Seattle 25 barrels (2,000 skins) were removed 

 from the 1970 harvest and placed in the Rainier Port Cold Storage to be re- 

 served for research and development experimentation. In turn, 115 barrels 

 (8,760 skins) which comprised skins from the 19^4, 1965 and 1966 harvests 

 which had been stored at the cold storage plant, were consolidalted and in- 

 cluded in the 1970 freight shipment to the Fouke plant in Green viile, S.O. On 

 October 7, 8, 9 and 12, a total of 617 barrels plus 3 cartons and 148 barrels of 

 blubber was loaded aboard six damage-free railroad cars and routed to The 

 Fouke Ck>ni.pany in Greenville, S.C. 



The standard packing formula of 80 skins per barrel wag used again this 

 past season, however at the beginning, on June 25, a substantial percentage 

 of the harvest consisted of 4-year old bachelors which were of a considerably 

 larger size than the 3-year old males. As a consequence, the first 2 blocks of 

 20 barrels (40 total) on St. George and the first 3 blocks (60 barrels total) on 

 St. Paul were packed with 75 skins per barrel. Out of the total 632 barrels from 

 both Lslands, 6 barrels were only partially filled to accommodate the precise 

 division between countries. 



Following procedures which were used in past years to identify origin, sex 

 and age of sealskins, we continued stencilling barrels as follows: 



St Paul Island- 

 Barrel No. 1 through 1,000 Males. 



Barrel No. 1,001 through No. 1,500^ Immature females. 



Barren No. 1,501 through No. 2,000^ Mature females. 



St George Island — 



Barren No. 2.001 through No. 2,500 Males. 



Barrel No. 2.501 through No. 3,000^ Immature females. 



Barrel No 3,001 through No. 3,500^ Mature females. 



1 No females were barreled separately this past season. Females which were inadvertently 

 killed in the male drives (120 for both islands) were marked and pasked along with the 

 males. 



BLUBBEK RESERVED FOR SEALSKIN PROCESSING 



During the 1970 season, blubber was selected for kenching in salt on St. 

 Paul Island. The season's production of blubber was 276 barrels. Dairing the 

 1969 season's production 217 barrels remained in excess on the island. From this 

 reserve 170 barrels were withdrawn to fill the processing requirements. The 

 remaining 47 barrels will remain on the island with the 1970 production, leav- 

 ing a total of 323 barrels of blubber on inventory. The total season's production 

 of kenched blubber was barreled. No blubber was reserved on St George. 



Based on the formula of one gallon of blubber oil for every 16 male or 26 

 female skins (alternatively 3.5 barrels of blubber for 1,000 males or 2.0 barrels 

 of blubber per female skins), the following table indicates distribution of the 

 blubber for the season : 



Males (number of 



skins in Total 



parentheses) (barrels) 



Japan — - 22.145(6,327) 22 



Canada .. — 22.145(6,327) 22 



United States 103,314 (29,525) 104 



Total - («,179) 148 



When the 1970 production of sealskins arrived in Seattle, 2,000 skins (25 

 barrels) were removed from the shipment to be held in local cold storage for 

 possible future research and development needs. The 8,760 sealskins held in cold 

 storage in Seattle from the 1964, 1965 and 1966 harvests were withdrawn and 

 shipped to the processor. The blubber required to process these sealskins with- 

 drawn from cold storage (7,058 males and 1,702 females) is 22 barrels. To 

 compute the 22 barrels of blubber needed for processing, the 2,000 male sealskins 

 placed in cold storage were deducted from the 7,058 males. To process the 



