oil their way to Kodiak early this month, and are probably in that 
vicinity right now rechecking before they return to Bering Sea. 
I should imagine re will make another check in September. Probab- 
ly no serious attempt was made to mark all of the 5,000 crabs 
taken in the one haul in Bering Sea early in hay, although a num- 
ber were tagged, no doubt, dim Slaughter, who has returned to 
Seattle, tells me that the marking of the crabs other than by tag- 
ging has not worked out very successfully, since they are afraid 
the paint peels off. However , I think some were marked by having 
strings tied to their legs. There probably has not been any op- 
Crets 
portunity to recatcli^in any type of gear 
since in 
the work so far the vessc 
els were on the move so much and did not 
they 
attempt to fish thoroughly any one area. The procedure, if 
were making successive drags in limited areas, was to hold the 
crabs from one drag aboard, and then put them back in the water 
at the end of the next drag when they had pulled in the nets. 
The preceding discussion makes no refer--- nee to the specimens 
- "To do 
being collected, but since we will - c ‘here, I s 
everything not needed in connection with the practical biological 
data will be forwarded to you and Schultz. If any of the biolo- 
gists want s some of this material for his personal use 
arrange that when the vessels return. 
aboard the "Champion" has been stored in the Fisheries warehouse 
at Kodiak and will be brought back in September. 
, we can 
The collection outfit 
V/ith kind personal regards from all of us, I am 
J ? 
Technologist in Charge. 
Enclosure 
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