6 - 



L. 4 

 O 



3 



g 2 



--X— 3-YEAR-OLD-MALES 

 — o— 4-YEAR-OLD-MALES 



27 I 



JUNE JULY 



DATE 



5 

 AUGUST 



Figure 3. — Kill of 3- and 4-year-old male seals, by 

 5-day periods, St. Paul Island, 27 June to 5 August 

 1967. 



26 I 6 



JUNE JULY 



16 21 



DATE 



AUGUST 



Figure 4. — Kill of 3- and 4-year-old male seals, by 

 5-day periods, St. George Island, 26 June to 4 August 

 1967. 



Table 2. --Kill of male seals, — by year class, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, 1947-65 



1947 



1948 



1949 



1950 



1951 



1952 



1953 



1954 



1955 



1956 



1957 



1958 



1959 



1960 



1961 



1962 



1963i / 



1964?y 



196 5-' 



Mean 



486 



855 



1, 384 

 1,735 



839 



2, 918 

 1,015 



885 

 2, 590 

 1,977 

 2,820 

 1,619 

 1,098 



2, 539 

 1, 264 



3, 143 

 2,200 

 1, 727 



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 

 22,468 

 19,009 



25,535 

 26,991 



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 

 10, 533 

 12, 046 

 12,156 

 11,785 



27,616 14,050 



854 



103 



249 



332 



3, 057 



675 



54 



554 



115 



532 



773 



1, 587 



1, 764 



1, 240 



1,270 



1,287 



903 



54, 661 

 46, 298 

 42, 272 

 57,208 

 54, 874 

 64, 553 

 48, 060 

 32, 544 

 39, 548 

 14.850 

 42, 990 

 66, 171 

 45, 224 

 27, 702 

 36,882 

 34,991 



38,584 

 30, 134 



2,200 

 -43,707 



114 

 303 



1, 104 

 288 

 545 

 295 

 535 

 555 

 171 

 242 

 431 

 891 

 636 

 921 



1, 139 

 167 

 391 

 740 

 526 



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 

 6,948 

 3,736 

 5, 586 

 7,622 



6,693 



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 



2, 579 



2, 592 



3, 881 

 3, 738 



3,811 



123 



22 

 280 

 147 

 681 

 506 

 100 

 162 

 260 

 218 

 244 

 540 

 492 

 178 

 502 

 392 



303 



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, 963 

 7,725 



10, 963 

 9, 148 



9,491 



8,013 



740 



-'ll, 362 



65, 558 

 55, 906 



52, 541 

 71, 727 

 69, 060 

 83,061 

 62, 396 

 42, 671 

 50, 434 

 18,877 



53, 066 

 80,262 

 57, 187 

 35,427 

 47, 845 

 44, 139 

 48.075 

 38,147 



2, 940 



3/ 



55, 147 



1/ Includes only 2- to 5-year-old seals taken during the kill of males 

 1965, 131 1-year-olds and 493 6-year-olds were taken on St. Paul Island and 20 

 taken on St. George Island. In addition, age was not determined for 3, 862 male 

 1, 246 taken on St. George Island. 



2/ Incomplete returns. 



3/ 1947, 1949, 1963, 1964, and 1965 year classes not included. 

 4/ 1947, 1963, 1964, and 1965 year classes not included. 



on the Pribilof Islands. From 1956 to 

 1-year-olds and 164 6-year-olds were 

 s taken on St. Paul Island, and 



