Appendix Table 1.— Grouping of northern fur seals off California, Wash- 

 ington, and the Bering Sea, 1958-74. 





Number of seals per group 



in the water 



Total 

 number 



Area-year 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



Total 



of seals 









p 









California 

















1958 



33.8 



28.5 



19.6 



9.2 



6.3 



97.4 



1,990 



1959 



29.7 



19.5 



13.7 



8.0 



4.3 



75.2 



5,132 



1961 



31.4 



28.7 



17.0 



8.7 



6.2 



92.0 



1,926 



1964 



29.8 



23.7 



18.7 



12.7 



3.6 



88.5 



979 



1965 



50.6 



23.7 



14.3 



6.5 



3.1 



98.2 



1,114 



1966 



31.3 



22.4 



16.9 



10.5 



5.9 



87.0 



2,704 



Washington 

















1958 



56.8 



30.6 



6.5 



3.5 



— 



97.4 



229 



1959 



64.0 



25.2 



6.1 



1.2 



2.3 



98.8 



644 



1961 



41.5 



27.9 



12.7 



4.9 



5.1 



92.1 



1,068 



1964 



64.2 



26.9 



8.9 



— 



— 



100.0 



67 



1965 



31.6 



25.3 



15.2 



9.4 



7.8 



89.3 



513 



1967 



43.3 



25.4 



14.0 



9.1 



4.8 



96.6 



835 



1968 



40.8 



24.9 



13.6 



9.3 



5.1 



93.7 



1,078 



1969 



37.7 



26.9 



12.1 



8.5 



8.8 



94.0 



1,136 



1970 



29.5 



27.0 



19.0 



9.3 



6.6 



91.4 



1,886 



1971 



39.9 



23.9 



18.4 



9.7 



2.3 



94.2 



1,323 



1972 



37.9 



29.2 



11.7 



9.0 



4.1 



91.9 



849 



Bering Sea 

















1960 



44.0 



30.6 



11.8 



5.8 



2.4 



94.6 



2,120 



1962 



43.7 



30.4 



14.4 



5.2 



2.9 



96.6 



6,111 



1963 



38.4 



26.1 



14.3 



7.3 



4.1 



90.2 



5,790 



1964 



56.2 



28.1 



11.7 



2.9 



0.8 



99.7 



1,799 



1968 



68.0 



22.2 



7.0 



1.8 



1.0 



100.0 



1,509 



1973 



58.6 



25.3 



10.1 



3.1 



0.4 



97.5 



2,430 



1974 



57.7 



33.6 



6.8 



0.9 



0.3 



99.3 



1,752 



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