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At Kure seals were counted on the beaches of Green Island at inter- 
vals of one to two weeks, and occasionally more frequently, between — 
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October 1963 and July 1965. The 3.5 mile beach was marked at 100 yard ■. 
intervals so that individuals could be quickly located with reference 
to these markers. In addition to these regular censuses Survey and 
Coast Guard personnel frequently walked portions of the beach, gaining 
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additional information from tagged seals. 
RESULTS 
Populations - The distribution by age, sex, and locality of the 
375 seals tagged by the Survey is presented in Table 1. The majority 
of these animals, 149 adults or subadults (hereafter referred to as the 
adult group), and 56 pup;S,-Si£re_^ed at Kura Atoll, and 9t-adult group g, 
■jTals were taggad^aT Pearl and Hemes Reef (27° 4’ S Hat, 175 4' W Long). 
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Nine of the adult group tagged at Kure were seen only in the month 
they were tagged, but four of these^mals were not tagged until March 
1965. Ther^e ar*^ 192 ^"sibsequent observations• available on- feha-^ema-itrmg 
140_.aniffiais, including two / 
ilable for one individual, 
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but some were seen only once subsequent to tagging. 
Between October 1963 and July 1965 Survey personnel made 70 counts > 
I^j^ew^ds. A 
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normallr't'o^^bout two~h^^ and ^ery effort was made to avoid fright- 
so that they would not be counted a second 
time. In addition there were 13 counts of the seals on the sandspits 
