
Proportion of seals in commercial kill above 45 inches 
=_3,856 = 0.196 
19,661 
(neglecting the fact that a few of these 3,856 may be 3- 
and 5-year~-olds) 
If x = proportion of the above-45-inch group taken in the kill 
0.300x = 0.196 
0.700 + 0.300x 
x = 0.57 
Table 26.--Number of marked 4-year males recovered on St. Paul Island 
in 1951, by date and body length of seal. 
[Tagged animals only; excluding tag-lost seals. ] 

Number of seals killed during 5-day round with midpoint—- 

Field length June J 
eo icches). mes 2 20 5 20 15 20 25 307 Total 
40 oe f.. — Lu fy gree Misa» ape 1 
Al Phy en 2 it o. 2 co we he gt/, 
42 2 i: 4 9 5 ae oe we MT 324/ 
43 1 7 6 12 16 1216 6 2 re, 
LL 2 4 9 12 1812187 4& g64/ 
15 2 2 9 12 16 18 18 15 3 954/, 
46 3 2 3 8 10 144 14 14 2 702/ 
47 a: Lae 2 é 5 5 12 8 2 Aie/, 
18 ce wee 1 2 9 1 310 1 opal, 
49 ei Eo 1 3 a a cee ee 143/, 
50 seal 1 1 = ei ee, ee ee eet 53/ 
51 es, ee nee ou ee ee 25/ 
52 ee oo ee ze a ee ae 25/ 
Unimown --- -— ae Bee Speen Peet elles Fer 1 
Total 11 17 38 65 87 67 90 70 16 462 

20 and 22 June only. 
No kill on 23 June. 
28 and 29 July only. 
Total, recorded 41 through 45 inches, 298. 
eee ee 
Total, recorded, 46 through 52 inches, 16l. 
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