George Island. Killing began about 6 a.m. each 

 day on St. Paul Island and about 9 a.m. on St. 

 George Island. We determined the age composi- 

 tion of the kill from collections of right upper 

 canine teeth from 20 percent of the males 

 killed each day. 



Table 2 gives the kills of male seals on the 

 Pribilof Islands from year classes 1947-65, 



FEMALES 



A total of 10,096 female seals were killed 

 on the Pribilof Islands in 1967 as excess to the 

 number needed to maintain the population at the 

 present level. Of 7,502 females killed on St. 

 Paul Island, 2,724 were taken during the kill of 



males from 27 June to 5 August, and 4,778 were 

 killed 8-15 August. On St. George Island, 202 

 females were killed from 26 June to 4 August, 

 and 2,392 were taken 7-17 August. The kill 

 began about 9 a.m. each day on both islands. 



We calculated the age composition of the kills 

 from right upper canine teeth collected from 

 30 percent of the females taken (tables A-5 

 to A-8). 



All females driven were killed regardless 

 of age or size. The kill on St. Paul Island 

 was restricted to animals on the hauling 

 ground. On St. George Island, females were 

 taken from hauling grounds and from rookery 

 fringes. 



Table 3 shows the kills of females from year 

 classes 1943-66. 



Table 3. --Kill of female seals on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, and at 

 sea 1 from year classes 1943-66 



Female seals taken at sea were part of the pelagic research kill of 

 the United States and Canada during the calendar years 1958-67. Not 

 included in the table are 131,628 female seals classified as age 7 and 

 older and 7,029 female seals killed on the Pribilof Islands from the 

 indicated year classes. 



