Hachman, C.D. 1967 March 15 passing Gardner Peninsula Sighted island at 6:30 am. Sea was rough and surf was pounding halfway up the side of the island. The ship didn't even slow down. We passed about 800 yards to the north of the island. A number of Blue-faugh broki came out to greet us and followed along for about 1 hour or so. Spent the rest of the day cruising toward Jayson Island. Gene Knolle saw a Glancous Hill on the island as we passed. I missed it! March 16 Off Jayson Island Ship stood to off of Jayson Island around 8:30 am. One whaleboat was lowered full of gear, with here, Ernie + me in the advance party. The wind + surf looked wrong but we wanted to go in and take a close look. So close we could see the surf breaking in and over the channel. The rollers, in close, were about 15 feet high. Spent the rest of the day on the ship just falling around catching up on field notes + other odds + ends. The crew spent the greatest portion of the day fishing off the fantail. Around 1 p.m. one fellow hooked into a 7 foot grey shark and after a lot of wrestling around the crew managed to kill it and then drag it out, the long club for ward. The shark was a female. Several other sharks were caught during the afternoon. The crew also devoted a great deal of time to fishing for a species of jack from the fantail--several of these were caught. Spent some time on the flying bridge watching bird flocks but saw nothing unusual. March 17 Off Jayson Island Up at six am + out on deck to check bird populations + take a look at the surf. The wind is still from the west and there is a heavy swell from the NW directly into the channel. The ship made a complete circuit of the island around 8:20 and all loading areas had heavy surf. The ship anchored about 1000 yards off the SW side for the remainder of the day. I devoted the rest of the day to a criticism of the Warren Commission Report on Hachman, C.D. 1967 March 17 Off Jayson Island the Kennedy assassination + spent a good portion of the day watching the bird flocks around--on the island. Nothing unusual. Until 9 am there were thousands of albatross + Bonin J. Petrel, over the ocean around the island. Through the remainder of the day, there were small numbers of albatross present including the lobolungists of black-footed albatross that hung around the ship patiently awaiting the penguin garbage dumpings. There were about 50 of these birds. After lunch Dick + I teased several of these birds with small pieces of cheese. This was intense competition between the three birds with one bird almost completely dominating the other two. The most aggressive of the three submerged all but its tail several times to retrieve rapidly sinking piece of cheese. dominant Once, after the dominant bird dived (much like a typical puddle duck) and failed one of the other two birds ran about 10 feet across the water and dove completely submerging itself for about 5 seconds. This bird dove to a depth of about 4 feet but not without great effort. The bird that successfully dove then spent about two minutes in ruffling, rearranging + preening feathers. B.P.F. Albatross and sharks were observed feeding together on several occasions during the day but not harmoniously. When sharks were present the albatrosses were nervous and kept their wings elevated to facilitate quick take-off. Sharks were within 2-3 feet off of one of the albatross at two. These birds either patterned out of the way or took off. When the sharks lost interest in the garbage the birds returned. It was also observed that the black-f. Albatross does not appear to be too fond of vegetables (raw, for salads). Around noon a large number of pieces of cabbage, lettuce +