Beginning Sept. £2 (or 21} and Sta. 23-40 (or did wo write 
it So* 20-40 to 23-40) all Canoe Bay oraas were otter trawled* Only 
ninety-five ©mbs were taken is Canoe Say si Hi Hie tangle sets and 
all wore measured by September 19* 
Otlsersisc, only one ether ora b ms taken in a tangle net ia 
Canoe Bay, & good sized female at Sta* 63-40, Oct* 16, 1940, when m 
returned to Cano® Bay for a fee extra trials-* The otter trawl hauls 
her© the sa?a© day were numbered 64-40 to 67-40 and yielded a total of 
about 113 crabs* 
Tie did not use tangle nets again until Oct. 10-17, is -Cold 
Bay and bamrd Harbor, abaci we got two crabs, one about 7 M wide, d, 
3ia* 73-40, and one about 8 s wide, d, Sta* 74-40* But isolated crabs 
like tins don*t mmmt to mich one way or the oth or, especially as we 
got so vary few king crabs over in the Cold Buy section anyway* 
I do not recall at the mmmnt that we got any king crabs In 
tangle nets anywhere aloe, though -m tried thorn at Mist Harbor, Alitak, 
I shall scad you those very snail crabs 1 spoke of in a few 
days* I just haven* t been able to get at the 'packing* 
Tfrite whenever 1 can be of assistance* 
' . • . - ^ S J.', ' ' ' WjV . * } 
Ity host to all of you. 
Sincerely, 
Waldo L. Schmitt, Curator, 
Division of Marine Invertebrates • 
