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Table 14.--Life table for male seals. 
[Underlined figures represent counted or closely estimated basic data. ] 

Seals alive Seals killed by seals alive Seals dying 
at beginning of year man during year after kill naturally during year 
1 Vernacular 2 
ace’ ___nane iene’ Percent!’ Number“/ Percent’ Number Percent’ Number Bornenee 
0 Pups 265,000 100.0 . 159,000 60.00 
1 Yearlings 106,000 40.0 325595 30.75 
2 Bachelors 73,405 27.7 , 614 8.4 72,791 27.5 5,823 8.00 
3 af 66,968 25.3 38,046 56.8 28,922 10.9 1,735 6.00 
4 " 27,187 10.3 21,478 79.0 5,709 22 285 5.00 
5 i 5,424 2.0 1,227 22.6 4,197 1.6 210 5.00 
6 2 3,987 1.5 199 5» 
7 and over Bulls 16,017 3,788 23.65 
Total 563,988 61, 365 | 203,635 
Ee ee ee 
Age in years from the beginning of the pupping season, 15 June. 
For the calculations here, the entire pup class is assumed to be born instantly on 15 June. 
Percent of the original newborn stock. . 
Mean annual kills in 1950-52, apportioned on basis of tooth-ridge counts. 
Percent of those alive at beginning of year. 
Percent of those alive at beginning of year, except, for ages 2 to §, percent of those alive at end of kill. 

