Show coast guard to convoy Ali migrating pacific seal herds SEATTLE WASH ten coast guard cutters will soon convoy pacific cefic sent seal herds as they migrate from warmer waters off the coast of the united states toward their summer homes near alaska when the seals congregate in numbers oft off the coast of oregon and washington the patrol will get under way they will accompany the tha herd as far north as the aleutian islands to protect them thein against poachers A few oi 01 the boats will remain to guard the herds during their mat anat ing season and the summer until the last seals depart from the rook erles eries in late autumn coast guard protection is the result ol of an international agreement that became effective in 1911 at this time the united states great britain russia and japan reached an agreement to prot protect t the rapidly dwindling seal herds from extinction |