^j 7 hole R small sjnount# I ms successful in recovering on© crab that had 
moulted after being returned to the v/ater* It was a female at Amee Bay 
on the south si© of Kodiak Island* 7/0 recovered her one month after 
being released and she was in the/§^S&i enclosed sma,!! bay* There \ 7 as 
an increa'”'© at every mes^suroment-t' at of the co.rapac© both the r/idth 
"'nd length ho.d expanded approximately .5 of an inch* At least we have 
one bit of evidence that the tag stays on during the process. In the 
3oa 7/allace had throe pooler- that ho had placed in a live box moult 
for himj so that gives us four crabs now on v/hich we have definite size 
rhicreases* I d:n*t remember whether he said he had tagged those or not 
to show 7/hat would happen# 
Neither boat got any return of tagged crabs in Canoe Bay-but v/hile 
we measured quite a fe7/ I don’t think v/e tagged so very many because of 
the cannery* The exact number I have f orgotten*3ut janyv/ay? if this fall 
migra^tion theory of mine is sane, wo 7/ould have a better chance of recovering 
the tagged ones this September 1 1 The test block in Canoe Bay 7/as gonof v/e 
have gotten some barnacle grov/th on the test panels vie put out this spring and 
many of the new shelled crabs we have found almost entirely covered with very 
tiny barnacles* So we’ve hit on the barnacle settling season^ a.ll we have to 
got now is their ra-te of gro-'wth. 
Between the left-overs of the three boats Art and I have gotten 
together enough jars and vials and preservative to keep the museum collection 
going* All the tanks are full, but u/s can use barrels* We already have six 
barrels of specimens, mostly fish, stored at the Fisheries we^rehouse at 
Kodiak along mt^" the tanks and jars to be picked up when w© go do 7 /n (if 
they ever let us do tho.t) this fall* They v/ill fare better there than they 
7/ill bouncing around in a cro7/ded ’’hole”# On the whole we did quite 7/0II v/ith 
the collection, but n -vertheless it had to suffer because of the more imniedia-te 
erdb 7/0 rk and po^r working conditions* Too, v/e ha-ve been using an 8” mesh 
trawl on the Locks so that small stuff 7/as scarce* For that reason I ejn glad 
to get back aboard the Dorothy , because she is handier to work on and her 
tra7/l takes up everyiihing* It would be just like old times aboard here nov/ 
if we had you along* There is still a chance of your coming to Dutch Harbor 
via steamer and being picked up there i I 
■’Ye are now in '.Yide Bay (west side Sholikof Strait) ; we adll be lieo-ding 
for Chignik to morro7/ and adll be in Dutch Harbor July Ist for madl a.nd supplies 
before beading into the Boring for t7/o long months* 
I am glad that the Bureau gave us enough chores to keep us real busy, 
because that way time does fly faster* A very interesting angle has been 
pdded to our work — the taking of herring measurements and scales* The herring 
fishermen and plants are having a big season up hero this summer; the S8.1mon 
boys are doing poorly so far. 
My trip on the Locks was interesting from the ’’seeing the country” 
standpoint, too* 'Ye got into Seldovia, 3e7/ard, Valdez, Cordova, and Latouch© 
along with all the bays. 3a7/ Columbia Glacier in Prince Yilliam Sound, and 
all sorts of 7dld game. All toll wo sa?/ six brownies around Kodiak Island, 
two biick bears on the Kenai Peninsula, three mountain goats in Prince Vftlliam 
Sound, and many foxes that came do^-m to the beach at early morning in several 
of the bays 're stopped-in most cases fox farms* 
