National Marine Mammal Laboratory

9. Utilization

9.A General

1890 contract between the U.S. and North American Commercial Co.
Experimental manipulations to increase productivity in a fur seal population
Trend in the value of sealskins 1940-1967 (Scheffer & Kenyon, 1968)
Commercial potential of fur seal harvest (Keyes)
Report on sealing in the Pribilof Isls. (Simpson, 1967)
Consumptive use of wild animals (Young, 1979)

9.B Aboriginal/Subsistence sealing

9.B.00 General (up to 1982)

Fur seals taken by aborigines off the coasts of AK, BC and WA 1912-1954

Fur seals taken by Indians and landed at Sitka, 1935-48

Notes on trip to St. Paul (Harry, 1972)

Interim report on the Pribilof hair crab project (1980)

1981 Memo on the U.S. obligation to fund adequately the fur seal harvest as required by international treaty

9.B.00 General (1983-1987)

Increase in the subsistence harvest on St. George, 1983 <> 1984

Pelt transfer 1985

Subsistence harvest of northern fur seals on St. Paul (Zimmerman and Letcher)

1986 Subsistence harvest of northern fur seals on St. Paul (Zimmerman and Melovidov)

9.B.01 Indian rights

Proposed regulations – Federal Register

Aleut Community before the Indian Claims Commission

Makah vs. USA, 1958

9.C Pelagic Commercial and Research sealing

Pelagic Catch 1910-1911 (1963)
Commercial kill of males 1918-1978
Skins received for MS Lindy, 1958
Regulated pelagic sealing with map of distribution 1883-87 ([1954])
Advantages and disadvantages of pelagic sealing (1955)
Pelagic sealing operations, 1895 (See library office)
Area in which pelagic sealing might be conducted, 1955
U.S. statement on land and pelagic sealing, 1955
Comment of Canadian delegation on Japanese statement "Japanese proposal on method of sealing (1955)
Shares of fur seal skins, 1955
Costs of pelagic fur seal research 1958-71
Pelagic sealing (Fiscus,1974)
The Pelagic phase of northern fur seals - NWFC Monthly Report (May, 1974)
Fur seal research at sea Male fur seals collected pelagically by the U.S. 1958-67

9.D Commercial Land sealing (See also Pribilof People)

1980 Pribilof harvest numbers
1984 Pribilof harvest numbers Care of experimental fur seals (Harry, 1978)
Preliminary evaluation of the Russian proposal to harvest juvenile fur seals (Fowler, 1979)
Recommendations on size, sex and age of commercial kill for 1979
Chart "Best estimated number of males killed and number of pups born" Fur seals killed (by field measurements in inches (1920 – 1958)
Further consideration of the experimental pup harvests by the USSR (Lander, [1978])
Report on sealing in the Pribilofs, 1967 (Simpson)
Fur seal kill and sales, 1911-1955
Age classification of female seals-Pribilof and pelagic samples 1944-59
Age classification of male seals-Pribilof and pelagic samples 1950-55
Methods of increasing the annual take of seals from the Pribilof herd
Number and disposition of fur seal skins taken on the Pribilofs ,1912-1941
Increasing the land take of seals from the Pribilof herd, 1955
Analysis of costs incurred by the U.S. in harvesting Pribilof fur seals (1955)
Grounds of the reasonable sealing of gray fur seal males (Frisman)
Dates and length of the killing season for male fur seals (Johnson, 1970)
Harvest of northern fur seals on the Pribilof Isls., AK (BCF, 1969)

9.E Control Research Reserve – St. George Isl.

9.E.00 1972-1973

Summer of ’73 intensified Pribilofs Research Project N. sea lions on south rookery-St. George (Larson & Johnson,1972)

9.E.01 1974-1975

9.E.02 1976-1979

The Impact of the subsistence harvest on the St. George Research Program (1983)

Coordinated Pribilof-Bering Sea Research Proposal (1978)

Coordinated Pribilof-Bering Sea Research Proposal – 10yr. Report (1983)

9.F Pribilof management policy and reports (1922 – 1985) (See also Pribilof people, PIP Phase Out, Fur Seal Program Review, St. George Control research, Wildlife Policy and Records of seals killed)(contains management plans, commercial harvest plans and weekly/final harvest reports and Pribilof program annual reports etc.)

9.F.00 1922, 1951-599.

F.01 1960-65

Estimate of present number of female seals on St. Paul age 3 and over and its bearing on female kill (Chapman, 1962)

Population estimates from female tag recoveries from the female kill (Johnson, 1962)

Embracing management of the fur seal resource and development of the resident Aleut inhabitants (Baltzo, 1963)

Human resources of the Pribilof Isls. (Baltzo, 1964)

Evolution of fur seal management on the Pribilof Isls. (Roppel, Davey, 1965)

9.F.02 1966-70

Fur seal management conference (1967)

9.F.03 1971-75

Management of northern fur seals (1971)

9.F.04 1976-79

The effects of management on the Pribilof Isls. Fur seal herd Harry, 1979)

9.F.05 1980-85

Management of the N. Fur Seal on the Pribilof Isls. 1786 – 1981 (NOAA Technical Rpt. NMFS 4)

9.G Records of seals killed (1786-1981) (includes yearly Research Data NMFS Preliminary Tabulations, See also Pribilof management policy and reports)

9.H Killing methods and alternatives (See also Domestic Issues and Newspaper clippings)

9.H.00 Killing methods – Clippings

9.H.01 Bibliography:1. Physiology of diving mammals 2. Physiology and determination of death

9.H.02 1961-1968

9.H.03 1969-70

9.H.04 1971

9.H.05 Friends of Animals v. U.S. - 1971

9.H.06 1972-79

9.H.07 1980-84

Report of task force to study alternative methods of harvesting fur seals (1968)

Summary of humane slaughter activities in connection with annual fur seal harvest conducted by the U.S. government

9.I Pelagic versus land sealing (mostly regards sealskin quality and MSY)

Economic comparison of land and pelagic sealing (Scheffer & Johnson, 1962)

Report on a sample of female sealskins taken on St. Paul, AK in 1961 (Scheffer & Johnson, 1962)

Pelagic sealing in conjunction with land sealing (1972)

Conclusions of the USSR (and U.S.) on the question: What is the best method of hunting fur seals from the point of view of MSY, land sealing or a combination of land and pelagic? (1955)

Japan’s views on land and pelagic sealing

U.S. statement on land and pelagic sealing

Statement of Prof. Dorofeev at the NPFSC 1955

Data from pelagic research in 1964-66

Joint Sealskin Quality Studies 1966-1967

International research on quality of skins 1964-

9.J Processing/Curing Methods

9.J.00 General

Evaluation of fur seal skins by age, sex and method of processing (1967)

Correlation of field length and factory size from skins in 1946 (Scheffer)

Fouke Co. research report, 1967 Skin analyses prepared by Fouke Co. 1949

Report on samples 1958, 1961-66

Development and patent of the Lakoda process 1960-67

Manual of skin curing operations (B. Johnson, 1962)

9.J.01 Fouke Company history 1921 -

9.J.02 New processes, 1965 -

Processing Alaskan sealskins to Pierre Laclede Fur Co. (Battelle Mem. Inst., 1966)

Gray fur seals as an industry (Chugunkov, 1976)

Experimental pup skins (Von Reventlow)

9.K Marketing

9.K.00 General

Evaluation of dressed AK sealskins (NBS report 7807 and suppl. 7851)

Market status of Lakoda pelts from female fur seals of the Pribilof Isls. (1962)

9.K.01 Record of Fouke Co. auction sales (1955, 1961-72)

9.L Byproducts

9.L.00 General

Byproducts of the government operated AK fur seal industry (Baker, 1950)

Methods of determining total weight of seal carcasses (Johnson, 1964)

Bone deposits on the Pribilof Isls., 1916 (fertilizer)

9.L.01 Food/Meal/Oil products

Photos and Monarch Marine

9.L.02 Recreational, educational, and scientific values

9.L.02.A General (includes Public Display)

9.L.02.B Wildlife policy

Fur seal sanctuary on the Pribilof Isls.

Research "control" areas on the Pribilof Islands

National Wildlife Refuges in Region 1

Wilderness Study Area Bogoslof Island, AK (See also Migration-General)

9.L.02.C Tourism and publicity

National Historical Landmark (1966)

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