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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Jack Benson returned to Kodiak, Alaska, from a wildlife patrol to Amchitka Island, reporting signs of slight sea otter population increase after near extinction; protected by 1912 international agreement among Britain, Canada, Russia, Japan, and U.S.
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SEWARD -Jack Benson, wild life agent and representative of the Alaska Game Commission recently returned to Kodiak from an extensive patrol and survey which went as far as Bird Cape, on the island of Amchitka, located on the 180th meridian, "where east meets west" in the Aleutian Island group.
While on this trip, made aboard the commission patrol boat, the Brown Bear, Benson saw indications of limited propagation of the once practically extinct sea otter and stated that he considers their number to have slightly increased over what used to be practically extinct fur used by the lorded gentry of Russia. Today, the price of the sea-otter's skin is incalculable, as international regulations prohibit the catching, dressing or possession of a skin. This agreement which was entered into in 1912 between Great Britain, Canada, Russia, Japan and the U. S. A., still exists and will continue until the sea-otter again thrives in sufficient numbers to insure their continued existence.
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limited propagation of sea otter with numbers slightly increased; protected by 1912 international agreement prohibiting catching, dressing, or possession
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Jack Benson, wildlife agent and representative of the Alaska Game Commission, returned to Kodiak from an extensive patrol and survey aboard the commission patrol boat Brown Bear, which went as far as Bird Cape on Amchitka Island in the Aleutian Island group. He saw indications of limited propagation of the once practically extinct sea otter.