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 — •— 4-YEAR-OLD MALES 



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

 periods, St. George Island, 6 July to 5 August 1966. 



Table 1. --Kill of male seals,- by year class, Pribilot Islands, Alaska, 1947-64 



1947 

 1948 

 1949 

 1950 

 1951 

 1952 

 1953 

 1954 

 1955 

 1956 

 1957 

 1958 

 1959 

 1960 

 1961 

 1962 



2/ 



-Number 



1963^/ 



1964 

 Mean 



2/ 



30,110 23,697 854 54,661 



486 25,714 19,995 103 46,298 



29,697 12,326 249 42,272 



855 40,656 15,365 332 57,208 



1, 384 32, 350 18, 083 3, 057 54, 874 



1,735 30,733 31,410 675 64,553 



839 38,312 8,855 54 48,060 



2,918 23,473 5,599 554 32,544 



1,015 27,863 10,555 115 39,548 



885 10,671 2,762 532 14,850 



2,590 24,283 15,344 773 42,990 



1,977 48,458 14,149 1,587 66,171 



2,820 26,456 14,184 1,764 45,224 



1,619 14,310 10,533 1,240 27,702 



1,098 22,468 12,046 1,270 36,882 



2,539 19,009 12,156 - 33,704 



1,264 25,535 - - 26,799 



3, 143 - - - 3, 143 



3/ 



1,698 27,652 14,191 877-44,377 



114 

 303 



1, 104 

 288 

 545 

 295 

 535 

 555 

 171 

 242 

 431 

 891 

 636 

 921 



1, 139 

 167 

 391 

 513 



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 



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 



-Nu mber 

 123 



22 



280 



147 



681 



506 



100 



162 



260 



218 



2 44 



540 



492 



178 



502 



6,638 3,816 



297 



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 



8, 756 



5, 753 



391 



4/ 



- 11, 520 



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 

 42, 460 

 32, 552 



3, 534 



3/ 



55, 994 



1/ Includes only 2- to 5-year-old seals taken during the kill of males on the Pribilof Islands. From the 1956 

 thFough the 1964 year classes, 137 1-year-olds and 397 6-year-olds were taken on St. Paul Island and 20 1-year-olds 

 and 124 6-year-olds were taken on St. George Island. In addition, age was not determined for 3, 494 males taken on 

 St. Paul Island and 785 taken on St. George Island. 



2/ Incomplete returns. 



3/ 1947, 1949, 1962, 1963, and 1964 year classes not included. 



4/ 1947, 1962, 1963, and 1964 year classes not included. 



