Table 7. — Tag recoveries in 1965 from seals selected and tagged as yearlings, 



Prlbilof Islands, Alaska 



■"■ Tags were recovered but the canine teeth for determining age were not. 



CHECKMARKS 



Table 8. — Summary of Soviet tags recovered 

 from the kill, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, 

 1965 



TAGGING SITES 



FRONT FLIPPER 



ILLUSTRATION SHOWING TAGS CLINCHED AT THE HAIRLINE AND 

 BETWEEN THE FOURTH AND FIFTH DIGITS. ALSO SHOWN ARE TWO 

 CHECKMARKS, A V-NOTCH NEAR THE TIP AND THE TIP SLICED OFF, 



HIND FLIPPER 

 ILLUSTRATION SHOWING A FLIPPER CHECKMARKED BY REMOVING 

 ABOUT TWO INCHES OF THE BIG TOE OR FIRST DIGIT 



Figure 8. — Examples of tag and mark locations that have 

 been used since 1940 on fur seal pups, Prlbilof Islands, 

 Alaska. 



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