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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * KINZLER ALEXANDER C   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC [BRN] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President and CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O BARNWELL INDUSTRIES, INC., 1100 ALAKEA STREET, SUITE 2900 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/02/2017 (Street) HONOLULU, HI 96813 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 06/02/2017   W   182,897 A $ 0 182,897 (1) I By R. David Sudarsky Testamentary Charitable Trust Common Stock               317,000 D   Common Stock               3,000 I By children

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Non-qualified Stock Options / SARs

$ 12.92

12/11/2007

A

100,000

(2)

12/11/2017

Common Stock

100,000

$ 0

100,000

D

Non-qualified Stock Options / SARs

$ 4.32

12/11/2009

A

125,000

(3)

12/11/2019

Common Stock

125,000

$ 0

125,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
KINZLER ALEXANDER C C/O BARNWELL INDUSTRIES, INC. 1100 ALAKEA STREET, SUITE 2900 HONOLULU, HI 96813	X		President and CEO

Signatures

/s/ Alexander C. Kinzler		06/02/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Includes the 182,897 shares owned by the R. David Sudarsky Testamentary Charitable Trust, for which Mr. Kinzler serves as co-trustee.
(2)	On December 12, 2007, the reporting person was granted non-qualified stock options to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock of the issuer in tandem with stock appreciation rights pursuant to the issuer's 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2007 Award"), which was subject to stockholder approval. The 2008 Equity Incentive Plan and the 2007 Award received stockholder approval on March 3, 2008. All 100,000 shares of common stock have vested.
(3)	On December 11, 2009, the reporting person was granted non-qualified stock options to purchase 125,000 shares of common stock of the issuer in tandem with stock appreciation rights pursuant to the issuer's 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2009 Award"). The 2009 Award was granted pursuant to action by the compensation committee of the board of directors of the issuer. All 125,000 shares of common stock have vested.

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