ALASKA FISHERY AND FUll-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1932 



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(bV(/f killiiii/s oil. Pribilof IsluHdn in J!)32 — Continued 

 ST. GEORGE ISLAND— Continued 



Date 



Serial 

 no. of 

 drive 



Hauling ground 



Skins 

 secured 



July 6 



10 

 11 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 21 

 22 

 25 

 26 

 28 

 30 

 Aug. 1 



East. 



Zapadni 



North and Staraya Artil 



East - 



Zapadni. 



North and Staraya Artil 



East.- 



Zapadni 



North and Staraya Artil 



East.... 



Zapadni.. — 



North and Staraya Artil 



East 



North and Staraya Artil 



East... 



North and Staraya Artil 



Skins from seals killed during reserving operations 

 do 



Total 



539 



317 



540 



237 



352 



436 



407 



75 



1,018 



317 



204 



679 



262 



460 



144 



361 



2 



2 



9,846 



AGE CLASSES 



The age class of a male seal belonging to the Pribilof Islands herd 

 is determined from the length of its body. The classification was 

 derived from the measurements of a large number of pups branded 

 in 1912 and killed in subsequent years. The limits of the various 

 age classes are shown in the table following : 



Age claJ^ses of male seals, Pribilof Islands 



Affes of seals killed on Pribilof Islands, calendar year 1932 

 [On basis of classification shown in preceding table] 



1 Cows unavoidably and accidentally killed or found dead. 



Some of the seals recorded in the above tabulation as 2-year-olds 

 and 4-year-olds probabl}^ were 3-year-olds. Not all the male seals 

 of a given age fall within the length limits assigned for the males of 

 that age.- As far as possible, the killings in 1932 were confined to 

 3-year-old males. 



