U.S.

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1810-11

1810-11

1810-11

Russian

Russian

Russian

Russian

Russian 1815-161817, 1818

Russian

TABLE 1REPORTS OF SEA MAMMAL SKINS TAKEN BY VARIOUS SHIPS ON TIIE CAIIFORNIA COAST, 1803-1818?

SHIP'S NAME QUANTITY OF SEA MAMMAT SKINS REPORTED TAI(EN

Alexander

L,Ab",WO'Cain

Piii:a;ii,AAiiiioi , i r i i fu iaPrincesa

Peacock

M_ercury

O'Cain

Tamana

Derby

O'Cain

Peacock

Princesa

Tamana

Kadiak

Mercury

Albatross

Isabella

Princesa

Albatross

Cbirkoa

Albatross

Ametbyst

Cbaron

Cbirikoa

Katberine

Mercury

Mercury

Forester

il'mena

Cbirikoa

fl'mena

Bordelais

Columbia

Clnrion

497 sea otter skins on board at San Diego, confiscated

1,600 sea otter skins (purihaseO at San Blas, January mil

1,800 sea otter skins (including 700 skins sold by Californians)"7 bundles" of sea ottef skins

/gi sea otter skini -

Sea otter skins (no quantity given);'3 b;ndid"

'A oiiai iiiins

No fisures for number of skins taken

Sea otter skins valued at $60,000 (probably about 2,000 skins-G. Farris)plus fur seal skins

2,427 sea otter skins

No fisure on furs taken but mention of 50 Kodiak hunters and 25 baidarkas

4,819 sea otter skins (3,006 prime; 1,254 yearlings, 549 cubs); also seal skins

7,231sea otter skins (753 pime,22B yearlings, 250 cubs)

273 sea otter skins

673 sea otter skins; plus seal skins

2,350 sea otter skins (1,453

2,717 sea otter (1,688 grown, 256 yearlin , 136 cubs37 others)1,700 sea otter skins; 3,200 seal skins

Sea otter skins (no figure)

1,190 sea otter skins (778 grown,740 yearlings, 202 pups, 70 others);7,220 fsea otter] tails

2,488 sea otter skins (1,978 grown, 432'yearlings, 566 pups)

2,726 sea otter; 18,509 seal skins (taken at Farallon Islands)

160 sea otter skins

55,017 fur seal skins (33,74A from Farallones in 1810; 27,153from Farallones in 1,81 7; 7,L24 from Baia California

7,238 sea otter skins (1,160 grown, 78 yearlings)

8,000 fur seal skins from Farallon Islands

1,442 sea otter skins (1,310 grown, 98 yearlings,34 pups)

7,792 sea otter skins (1,596 grown, 135 yearling, 60 pups)

No fisures on number of skins

1,575 sea otter skins (1,252 grown, 186 yearlings, 78 pups)

500 sea otter skins

7,603 sea otter skins; 947 sea otter tails (seized by Spanish)

3,400 seal skins

392 sea otter skins (322 grown, 50 yearling,20 pups)

B sea otter skins

955 sea otter skins from around Santa Barbara Channel Islands

Sea otter skins (no specific number)

Fur seal skins (no number)

Sea otter skins (no number)

,406

Kutuzoa 72 sea otter skins

From Glenn Farris, “Otter Hunting By Alaskan Natives Along the California Coast in the Early Nineteenth Century,” Mains’l Haul 43, no. 3–4 (2007): 20–33.

TABLE 2.SEA MAMMAT SKINS TAIGN FROM THE CALIFORI\-IA COAST FROM 1821.-1847'"

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SHIP'S NAME FLAG YEAR(S) QUAr[fiTY OF SEA MAMMAL SKrNS REPORTED TArGN

Eagle

Outltybee

Sariltem

iotga

Buldakoa

nebe

fobn Begg

Mentor

U.S.-u s.-u- s.Russia

il*i;

t82l

rdiz--LtiCC;:I;5it82,2-231}23

Sea otter skins

SA oitai ;kins -

i6 Se;'ofter skini (40 ti"*"; i6 yeirtingsl4,6 sea otter skinr (44 giorn, 2 yearlings

England 1823-24 Seal skins

oii..rt *England

U.S.

1}23l{iia

Neptune England rs23-24 50 seal skins

Roaer

M",U.S 1}23 10 sea otter skins

u.s.2e rs23-24 303 sea otter skins; 300 sea otter tails; 1,310 seal skins

Ainoa Hawaii rs,z4 5,845 seal skins

Becket Hawaii L824 Seal skins

Mentor U.S. L824 8,000 seal skins t 14 sea otter skins

Owbyee U.S. r824 110 sea otter skins

Roaer

w;;i,n;i;ii;n

Mexico

U.S.

1824-25

isCA-

375 sea otter skinsi 375 sea otter tails; 59 sea otter skins and pieces;606 seal skins

Baikal Russia 1}25-25 468 sea otter skins

Tarta';r

Ainoa

U,S,

Hawaii

l'92_5_1,8.26

Fur seal s_kins

Seal skins

Baikal Russia 1826-27 Fur seal skins

Courier U.S. 1.826-28 5,000 seal skins

Kamabalolani Hawaii 1826 3,160 seal skins

wa Hawaii 1826-27 138 sea otter skins:272 seal skins

I(araimoku Hawaii 1827 Sealskins

Baikal Russia rs26-29 63 sea otter skins

Griffin U.S. L828 40 sea otter skins

Ifdros France 1.828 Seal skins

I(araimoku Hawaii 1828 300 seal skinsWaaedy Hawaii 1828-29 1 baruel sea otter skins

Brookline U.S. r82g-30 Sea otter skins

Dbaulle England

U.S.-M;;i;-

1'87)

r:8'z:91_81,0L8311831L8_31r832Iss,iCl'832r832

33

40 sea offer skins

32 sea otter skins (obtained off Santa Barban)

UrS,t

England

England

U.S.

USU'S,

U.S.

Sea otter skins

300 sea otter skins

478 sea otter skins

160 sea oiieilitil;96 sea ottei skins100 sea otter skinsji6il"iiai;k^

U.S 1832 106

U.S r833 300-400 sea otter skins

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TABTF.2.SEA MAMMAL SKINS TAI(EN FROM THE CALIFORI\I-IA COAST FROM 1821-184728

SHIP'S NAME FLAG YEAR(S) QUANTITY OF SEA MAMMAT SKINS REPORTED IAIGN

IfarrietElamcltaialago,d,a

U.S r833 Sea otter skinso

u.s.'o

l$i'ie:-a,t-a

i8 il "ii"i

iiit"'Leonor Mexico 1833-34 8 sea otter skinsIoriot

MaiA,qniia--U.S. 1833-34 1BB sea otter skins; 765 sea otter tailsHawaii r833 114 iia oner stiid

Volunteer U.S. 18i,33,-34 80-100 sea otter skinsAaon U.S 1s,34 Sea otter skinsCahfornia

LOnAoy

Don guixote

U.S 1.834-35 Sea otter skinsU.S r834 Sea otter skins" sea otter tailsIJ.S 1,934 Sea otter skins

Aaon U.S r835 Sea otter skins

BoliaarL;ib_e-rato;r

Iliana

Cli,mbiiiii,i

U.S L835 400 sea otter skins

U.S.

EngHna-1835-36lgiei,6,-jj

Sea otter skins

Sd "ri";;ki";Conaoy U.S. 1336 Sea otter skins

Don Qu;yixo,yte^Ioriot

U.S. r836 Sea otter skinsU.S. 1836 Sea otter skins

Lama England 1837-38 Sea otter skinsRasselas U.S. 1837-38 Sea otter skinsCakforn;

Flibberty

I'u!,"!__

Mexico 1838-39 5 sea otter skins

England 1838 Sea skinsLama

c; iniiCalifornia

England

Mexico

U.S.

L838rsiri::4loir83g-40

Sea otter skins; seal skinsi6 sea otter iiii.tt100 fur seal skins

Morse

ii|;m;;;----'Perkins

Do; ;;iiNympbBarnstable

A,Amiii;irtie -

o j;;';Diamond

Siei,;tii{Ca; ;nniA,Don Quixote

NaslednikAleksandra

U.S

U.S

lg3,g_-4to

r83g

Sea o_tter skins

Sea otter skins (valued at $9,000 in Honolulu)

IJ.S.

Maii;oU,S,t

U.S.

Ma;icoEngland

U.S.

18401S40lsLi;4iiE4a:-4G-LB'4,ji,-4:4,rs43lE44-4jIEA,+.:46

742 sea lion skins; 387 seal skins

lii,i i,.'i,. "iiA;

;ki"'B0 s,ea otter skins

55 sea otter skins

S.u ott.r skini

44 sea otter skins

2 sea otter skinsU.S 103 sea otter skinsu-'S

Russia

L8^4,5

rs45

39 sea otte-r skins

50 Sea otter skinsEupbemia Hawaii r846 Sea otter skins

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