for ninety minutes, on lay 1, just off foffet point. That’s in- 
shore and a little north of Amah Island. 
apparently tile crabs are concentrated between False Pass 
(Isanotski Strait) and Port ‘oiler. Poor results were obtained 
further up toward Bristol Bay. 
The "Dorothy* and "Champion" made excellent catches in Pavlof 
Bay — some in Canoe Bay, but not in the "crab hole' . Crabs were 
taken at quite a few places all the way down the south side of 
the Peninsula. 
The results at Alitak have been poor. Somewhere I have the 
impression that either Wallace or Kinky Alexander (both of whom 
are on our second expedition) said that they got most of their 
crabs in Olga or Iloser Bays, when they had the "Tondeleyo" . 
So far the "Locks" had best luck from Sitkalidak Island up 
and around the Island toward Kodiak, in Kupreanof and Easberry 
Straits and down to and including Uganik Bay. However, on the 
second trip around, they had poor luck, the crabs were evidently 
disappearing. Pat recovered a tagged crab that had shed and got 
complete measurement again, it had increased approximately 
J - ft 
I believe they have picked up some more 
across the carapace. 
larked ones since. The most productive area in Coo:: Inlet so 
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The boys are also yetting some interesting data on the gear 
rapt to interpret them, except to say that there is 
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some selectivity, for example, the tangle nets have been catch 
in* much larger proportion of hard crabs. 
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Bay and he sent in his report yesterday, having followed the 
crabs out . 
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"Forth Pole" Hansen was in londay, just back from Peru. He says 
he has many reports on the great abundance of crab up around the 
Diomede Islands, so maybe v?e can get a development going up there 
The people in this locality aren’t afraid to take a chance — they 
might find themselves a new industry. 
If the additional funds are forthcoming, wo will keep the 
boats out until September. Our plan would keep Pat, ’arvin, and 
