We had a notion that the crabs might be in deep holes here and there, 
perhaps also in the deepest pafts of Shelikof Strait in the off 
season. Those holes, if smooth enough, should be tried with trawls, 
beoause I gathered it wasn’t practicable to use tangles at such 
great depth. That would rule the Dorothy out for the south side, 
because she hasn’t cable enough. Your findings, however, seem to 
indicate that, other than in the breeding season (except in the 
nurseries) the crabs scatter out over a wide area and so become un- 
profitable to fish. 
One of idle most significant developments is what you men- 
tion about the size differences of the Bering Sea crabs compared with 
those to the south. You know, the history of the Japanese fishing 
has been that they have rendered certain of their own areas off the 
Asiatic ooast unprofitable because of over-fishing, and it looks as 
though they are on the way to bring about the same condition in the 
Bering Sea, That is the refrain of Marukawra * a report, and you will 
note, too, that he recommends that tangle nets be used in preference 
to trawls as they are less destructive or, as you expressed it, more 
selective. 
If you find that you will be able to have the growth curve 
plotted fend developed at your end, say by Wallace under the excellent 
guidance of MoMillin, I would be glad to return all the measurements 
we made last year to you. That would solve that problem and would 
really be of great help to me, because it would leave me only the 
taxonomic paper to do on the species of king crabs. 'Wallace had a 
wonderful fund of information gathered on the earlier Tondeleyo 
venture, and that, plus what has been gathered by your several biolo- 
gists on the current cruise and what little we got, should make a 
very fin© paper. The difficulty would be in carrying him along while 
that paper was being written up* ; 
This brings to mind another point. If you do get a con- 
tinuance and it is at all financially curtailed, it might pay you 
just to put two survey boats instead of three in the field and keep 
Wallace at home to write up the findings of the several cruises. 
It is something to bear in mind. If things do not pan out as we 
hoped. I’ll work up the data that I have here, but I think I’d rather 
see Wallace do that relative growth job. 
Pat might do the embryology is a thesis job at the Univer- 
sity if he is still as interested as he was. 
Art Hwatum might prove a valuable assistant to Yfellace 
in working up results* He has 3ent me a very informative letter and 
I judge from what you say that he has kept you even better posted. 
I like the way that he goes at things, and the thoughtful way in 
which he reports on them. 
