CONTENTS 
PART I. AERIAL SURVEY OF WESTERN ALEUTIAN AREA, 1959, AND 
ESTIMATES OF THE SEA OTTER POPULATION OF ALASKA 
Methods of survey ee ee ee ee 
Results and evaluation of the survey : 
Surveys in other Alaskan areas before 1959 oP we 
Estimates of the total number of sea otters in 
Alaska in 1959 ...... 
Summary and conclusions 
PART II. SEA OTTER TRANSPLANT FROM AMCHITKA ISLAND TO THE 
PRIBILOFS IN 1959 Fe Sass ee 
History of transplant attempts ......+6.6s. 
The problems of holding sea otters in captivity . 
Geansplarit if: 1959 2-4-5 . 2 4 2% YS EK ew 
Future transplants ........s+s+.«e« ese we « 
‘Summary and conclusions 7 ee ee ee 
LITERATURE CITED ee ot ae aI ar ee 
APPENDIX A -- Dory and aerial counts of a sample area at 
Amchitka Island, 1959 ee ee ee es 
APPENDIX B -- Sample shore and dory counts extended to all 
of Amchitka ek Bate ee ee ee te te 
ILLUSTRATIONS a UAE Ses TE Be, Ei yee of oes: 
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