145' 150" 



I XI- 125* 



KEY TO CONORS \ 



Ja/i[iary a 



F''brnarv 

 Mnrch 



Aprfl o 



May • 



September « 



Dct^ ember o 



(Seaiin0 not ctariedon t 



nVIsdlvoatok 



: October andlfovemier:)^ 



^^\ 



K 



%'H^. 



t'\y-.'f \vi\. 



\»- *v-'".° . 



Vv 



/"^ 



".v ^' 



y^.. 



■J^«, 



• I 



^%^ 



":>> 



--7_^ 



PAC/F/C 



\ .^•' 



OCEAN 



MAP 



,-^" 



/yffA tx^vd plaUintf intUcaies the latitude OTuf. 

 tonyitutiv vffi orss^for- one days ^BO/Jna. 

 Each niont^a .-^tliny i^ eolo/fti disfUwUwiu - 

 ff'f key to tvitwijt, ™ 



yt/ti' ,'atth <f 304,713 sea/s. 

 SiYf///,f//H«,tit>fi/l>r tnonth of May at Gwuia- 

 htpv A/.„*Aw., fr/ettfw to tM' GudtlaUipe Fur 



Seat ^ 



/Us'Wms ry-xfYf/tJK/ vfsstVs^/Hnf toffbdoks mf^ 

 fL-cfttl h'/ f:H.nwnst7,a,AM.Alfxrmi/<:/; nrtri 

 J)nL-Sfrfrtfi/fr. tritti (i€i(/Hifai.-^ jrotn rvcor-ds 

 J'i/ed iJt iJtc lyrttfiiity JiefHirtmcnt and com.- 

 prising itil avaiiahie da/a.. 

 A'ttf/teff a/' /-sfa/uAv on niitt^ j\ii- seals hix-vtl 

 m ifiipoi'tmit /uwiU'rs are unthyiinctl i/t rvd. 

 Mmros of isUititis on which thej^w seal Is 

 pfxtctiixtlfi/ fxttv-rnifhi^yf «/*? underlitted 

 in Muv. 



No Matf-fn/if or •full/ nealitttf ut mvxtrtl 

 ^ artti aiiicv 1893. 



thtfie artfi July pifsifiorm irt inM-oeean 



saM to tvprtf-t:nt yottntf srttls. 



Latest f/ata. omitted fhr n-ant or space 

 fZocet/ion t/uliratcef t/ius' *-J 



,^ 



, V • • ^ V 



BERING SEA and the NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN 



SHOWING THE 



DISTRIBUTION AND MIGRATIONS 



OF" THE 



AMERICAN AND ASIATIC FUR SEAL HERDS 



BiSBD ON THE LOG KECORDS OF 123 VESSELS ENGAGED IN PELiGIC SEALING 

 AT VARIOUS TIMES FROM 1883 TO 1897, WITH AN AGGREGATE CATCH OF 304,713 SEALS. 



Prepared by C. H. TOWNSEND 



U. S. FISH COMMISSION 



\ ^ -■^■' 



