Pribilof Islands

American  

[prib-uh-lawf, -lof] / ˈprɪb əˌlɔf, -ˌlɒf /

plural noun

1. a group of islands in the Bering Sea, SW of Alaska, and belonging to the U.S.: the breeding ground of fur seals.

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Pribilof Islands British  

/ ˈprɪbɪləf /

plural noun

1. Also called: Fur Seal Islands.  a group of islands in the Bering Sea, off SW Alaska, belonging to the US: the breeding ground of the northern fur seal. Area: about 168 sq km (65 sq miles)

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Pribilof Islands

“I work in the Pribilof Islands for an Aleut community of 450 people, which is heavily invested in the crab quota,” McCarty said.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2022

This year, colder weather and northern winds have helped push the winter ice across a much broader expanse of the Bering Sea that included a dramatic, late-March surge south to the Pribilof Islands.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2022

The state’s position is unacceptable, says Karen Pletnikoff, community environmental and safety manager for the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, which is dedicated to promoting the self-sufficiency and independence of the Unangax people.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 24, 2022

In 1951, a group of Aleuts from the Pribilof Islands filed a lawsuit against the federal government for gross mistreatment between 1870 and 1946.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 30, 2014

It supervises the salmon fisheries of Alaska and the fur seal industry on the Pribilof Islands of the Bering Sea.

From Government in the United States National, State and Local by Garner, James Wilford