Red King Crab History - Supplemental List

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History of Alaska Red King Crab, Paralithodes camtschaticus, Bottom Trawl Surveys, 1940-61: Online Supplemental Documents (in .pdf format *)

ZIMMERMANN, M., C. B. DEW, and B. A. MALLEY.
2009. History of Alaska red king crab, Paralithodes camtschaticus, bottom trawl surveys, 1940-61. Mar. Fish. Rev. 71(1):1-22. Online document (.pdf, 4.58 MB). Condensed summary (.pdf, 23 KB).

The following scanned historical documents are presented for reference only. The Alaska Fisheries Science Center makes no representations, guarantees, or warranties as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability of the information provided in these documents.

1947

Agreement Between the International Fisheries Commission and the Pacific Exploration Company. (148 KB).
1947 Alaska Trip to Bering Sea Outline. (78 KB).
Dead Fish Sheets for the Vessel Alaska, 1947. (4.1 MB).
Faunal Groups Observed by D. A. Chant in Bering Sea Area, August 22, 1947 - September 16, 1947. (103 KB).
Haul Sheets 1-148 for Vessel Alaska, 1947. (9.86 MB).

1948

Demersal Forms for the Vessel Washington, 1948. (7.76 MB).
Log for the Vessel Washington, 1948. (33.35 MB).

1949

Experimental Fishing Trip to Bering Sea. by J. E. King. FWS Fishery Leaflet 330, March 1949. (9.86 MB).
Report of Alaska Exploratory Fishing Expedition, Fall of 1948, to Northern Bering Sea. by J. G. Ellson, B. Knake, and J. Dassow. FWS Fishery Leaflet 342, June 1949. (14.58 MB).
Survey of Bering Sea Fishery Resources Conducted by Trawler Deep Sea on Charter to F.W.S. by J. G. Ellson, Alaska Exploratory Program, July 15, 1949. (267 KB).
Log for the Chartered Vessel Deep Sea, 1949. (8.46 MB).
Fishing Records for the Chartered Vessel Deep Sea, 1949. (4.7 MB).
Survey Notes, 1949: 1 (348 KB), 2 (773 KB), 3 (131 KB).

1950

Exploratory Fishing Expedition to the Northern Bering Sea in June and July, 1949. by J. G. Ellson, D. E. Powell, and H. H. Hildebrand. FWS Fishery Leaflet 369, March 1950. (24.53 MB).

1954

Program of Research on King Crab. Minutes of the Annual International North Pacific Fisheries Commission (INPFC) Meeting, 1954, p. 6-7. (928 KB).
Appendix 7, U.S. Request for Study of King Crab in Bering Sea and Background Statements Thereon, February. 6, 1954. Report of the First Meeting of the INPFC, Feb. 1-12, 1954, p. 37-38. (1.38 MB).

1955

Log for the Chartered Vessel Tordenskjold, 1955: part 1 (183 MB), part 2 (61.6 MB).
Survey Data, 1955. (6 MB).
King Crab. INPFC Annual Report for 1955, p. 60-66. (2.62 MB).

1956

Log, 1956. (42.8 MB).
Tag Release Data, 1956. (5.21 MB).
King Crab Investigation. INPFC Annual Report for 1956, p. 84-88. (1.53 MB).

1957

King Crab Investigations. INPFC Annual Report for 1957, p. 83-86. (1.47 MB).
Log, 1957. (52.3 MB).
Survey Data - Station Information Summary - Surface Temperatures, 1957. (5.13 MB).
Progress Report on King Crab Investigations. by King Crab Staff, Pacific Salmon Investigations, U.S.F.W.S., September 1957. (3.2 MB).
King Crab, Shrimp, and Bottom Fish Explorations from Shumagin Islands to Unalaska, Alaska - Summer and Fall, 1957. by H. C. Johnson. Commercial Fisheries Review, March 1959, p. 7-19 + tables. (6.42 MB).
Logs for the Chartered Vessel Tordenskjold, 1957: July 15 to Sept. 18 (20.1 MB), Sept. 16 to Oct. 7 (5.69 MB).
Data sheets for the Chartered Vessel Tordenskjold, 1957: Fish Lengths (5.52 MB), Haul Forms (43.1 MB).
Otter Trawl Fishing Records for the Chartered Vessel Tordenskjold, 1957: July 18 (12.9 MB), Sept. 18 (1.67 MB).
King Crab Pots Records for the Chartered Vessel Tordenskjold, 1957: part 1, July-Aug. (14.3 MB), part 2, Aug.-Sept. (14.1 MB), part 3, Sept. (7.87 MB).
Shrimp Counts, 1957. (3.31 MB).
Otter Trawl Records - Shrimp Forms for the Chartered Vessel Tordenskjold, 1957 (33.4 MB).
Otter Shrimp Trawls for the Chartered Vessel Tordenskjold, 1957: # 24-29 (2 MB), # 30-36 (1.73 MB).

1958

Bottom Fauna Data Sheets, 1958: Apr. 29 to May 26 (2.58 MB), May 27 to June 3 (1.28 MB), June 8 to June 20 (1.67 MB), June 23 to July 11 (2.77 MB).
King Crab Investigations. INPFC Annual Report for 1958, p. 116-119. (1.61 MB).
Cruise Report for the King Crab Project, 1958. (7.64 MB).
King Crab - 1958 Station Information Summary - Surface Temperatures. (99 KB).
Trawl Book for the Chartered Vessel Tordenskjold, Round 1, Apr-June 1958. (8.1 MB).

1959

Bottom Fauna Data Sheets for the Chartered Vessel Tordenskjold, May 1959. (3.72 MB).
Chartered Vessel Plan, 1959. (1.35 MB).
King Crab Data Sheet and Crab Logs for the Chartered Vessel Tordenskjold, 1959: May 2-19 (2.18 MB), Aug 2-20 (1.84 MB).
Door Width Data for the Chartered Vessel Tordenskjold, 1959. (239 KB).
Haul Book for the Chartered Vessel Tordenskjold, 1959. (5.65 MB).
King Crab Investigations. INPFC Annual Report for 1959, p. 113-116. (1.8 MB).
King Crab Charter Vessel Cruise Plan 1959. (4.28 MB).

1960

1960 King Crab Investigation Charter Vessel Cruise Plan. (8.36 MB).
Haul Books, Aug. 2-30, 1960. (5.25 MB).
King Crab Investigations. by T. Miyahara. INPFC Annual Report for 1960, p. 116-118. (1.99 MB).
Log Book for the King Crab Chartered Vessel Paragon, 1960. (4 MB).

1961

Observations of Molting Female King Crabs, Paralithodes camtschatica (Tilesius). by H. M. Sakuda. INPFC Bulletin 5, Aug. 1961, p. 1-4. (1.76 MB).
Stomach Contents of the Bering Sea King Crab. by P. A. McLaughlin, and J. F. Hebard. INPFC Bulletin 5, Aug. 1961, p. 5-8. (2.22 MB).
Currents in Southeastern Bering Sea. by J. F. Hebard. INPFC Bulletin 5, Aug. 1961, p. 9-16. (3.63 MB).
Bering Sea King Crab Investigation Charter Vessel Cruise Plan, 1961 - Paragon. (8.39 MB).
Haul Book for the Chartered Vessel Paragon, 1961. (4.47 MB).
King Crab Investigations. by H. Shippen, and T. Miyahara. INPFC Annual Report for 1961, p. 124-127. (1.92 MB).
Bottom Fauna Data Sheets for the Chartered Vessel Paragon, July-Aug. 1961. (3.66 MB).
King Crab Data Sheets for the Chartered Vessel Paragon, July-Aug. 1961. (3.47 MB).
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Memo on the Transfer of Past King Crab Data, August 1, 1961. (280 KB).

1963

Survey of the Benthic Invertebrate Fauna of the Eastern Bering Sea. by P. A. McLaughlin. USFWS Special Scientific Report - Fisheries No. 401, 1963. (23.1 MB).

1966

International Pacific Halibut Commission Letter to Harry L. Rietze (BCF), March 28, 1966. (564 KB).

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