Age classification of the male kill was 

 determined from a sample of 3,789 canine 

 teeth collected on St. Paul Island and from 

 1,592 collected on St. George Island. Sam- 

 pling of the kill was carried out from 2 July 

 through 5 August on both islands and from 

 13 to 26 August on St. Paul Island and 13 to 

 30 August on St. George Island. An addi- 

 tional 634 males were taken during the 



27 August to 12 September period of the 

 female kill on St. Paul Island. They were 

 not sampled for age. The kill of male seals, 

 by year class, is shown in table 1 for the 

 years 1947-61. Tables 2 and 3 illustrate 

 the male age classification in percent for 

 1954-63, and the cumulative numbers ofmales 

 killed each year from 1955 to 1963, St. Paul 

 Island. 



Table 1.— Kill of male seals, by year class, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, 1947-61 



Year 

 class 



St. Paul Island 



Age when killed 



4 



Total 



St. George Island 



Age when killed 



3 



4 



Total 



Grand 

 total 1 



1947. 

 1948. 

 1949. 

 1950. 

 1951. 

 1952. 

 1953. 

 1954. 

 1955. 

 1956. 

 1957. 

 1958. 

 1959 2 

 I960 2 

 1961 2 



486 



855 

 1,384 

 1,735 



839 

 2,918 

 1,015 



885 

 2,590 

 1,977 

 2,820 

 1,619 

 1,098 



30, 110 

 25,714 

 29,697 

 40,656 

 32,350 

 30,733 

 38,312 

 23,473 

 27,863 

 10,671 

 24,283 

 48,458 

 26,456 

 14,310 



23,697 



19,995 



12,326 



15,365 



18,083 



31,410 



8,855 



5,599 



10,555 



2,762 



15,344 



14, 149 



14,184 



854 

 103 

 249 

 332 



3,057 

 675 

 54 

 554 

 115 

 532 

 773 



1,587 



54,661 

 46,298 

 42,272 

 57,208 

 54,874 

 64,553 

 48,060 

 32,544 

 39,548 

 14,850 

 42,990 

 66,171 

 43,460 

 15,929 

 1,098 



114 

 303 

 1,104 

 288 

 545 

 295 

 535 

 555 

 171 

 242 

 431 

 891 

 636 

 921 



7,043 

 5,546 

 7,116 

 8,475 

 7,907 

 8,998 

 10,611 

 6,651 

 7,246 

 2,251 

 5,098 

 9,413 

 5,890 

 4,332 



3,731 

 3,926 

 2,570 

 4,793 

 5,310 

 8,459 

 3,330 

 2,779 

 2,825 

 1,387 

 4,492 

 3,707 

 4,690 



123 

 22 

 280 

 147 

 681 

 506 

 100 

 162 

 260 

 218 

 244 

 540 



10, 897 



9,608 



10,269 



14,519 



14,186 



18,508 



14,336 



10,127 



10, 886 



4,027 



10, 076 



14,091 



11,471 



4,968 



921 



65,558 

 55,906 

 52,541 

 71,727 

 69,060 

 83,061 

 62,396 

 42,671 

 50,434 

 18, 877 

 53,066 

 80,262 

 54,931 

 20,897 

 2,019 



1 Does not include Pribilof seals taken at sea or on breeding islands owned by the Soviet Union, 

 nor 6-year-old and unclassified males totaling 5,406. 



2 Incomplete returns. 



