Alaska King Crab Investigation, 1940, miscellaneous notes (1 of 4)

Abstract

The miscellaneous notes are the result of work completed by Waldo Schmitt during the Alaska King Crab Investigation, 1940. Information recorded includes statistics for collecting sites (average weight, width and length of male and ovig and nonovig females), notes about canneries, progress reports, tables from tagging, and dated notes for sites. Locations are through out the vicinity of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.

Date Range

1940

Start Date

1940

End Date

1940

Access Information

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Topic

• Zoology
• Alaska King Crab

Place

• Shelikoff Bay
• United States
• Aleutian Islands
• Alaska

Form/Genre

• Fieldbook record
• Field notes

Accession #

SIA RU007231

Collection name

Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978

Physical Description

1 field book

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 99