The estimate of "excess kill" resulting from the taking of smali and large 
seals simply because they were tagged is 114. 
Similarly, for 1951, the el ce of eee to tag-lost 
4-year-olds in the 41- to i6-inch class is 368 or 1.60 (tables 26 and 27). 
230 
Number of Expected Actual number 
Length tag-lost number of of tagged "Excess 
(inches) ___ Seals. tagged seals _ seals kill" 
40 and under 1 (insufficient data) 1 re) 
46 (commercial standards were raised in 1951 to include 
46-inch seals) 
47 and over 23 37 91 5h 
The “excess kill" of small males in 1950, totaling 104, 
(table 22), presents a special problem. Most of these would have been 
killed in the following year, except for those that died during the 
winter of 1950-51. In appendix E in discussing 4-year male escapement 
it was estimated that 98 of these would have been taken in 1951. Ts, 
the adjusted number of tag recoveries for 3~ and 4-year males of the 
A-series becomes: 
1950 tag recoveries .......-e. 1,671 
1951 tag recoveries . . . « 6 «© » « « + 715 
1950 excess kill of large seals ...- 10 
1951 excess kill of small and 
large seals ...- 
1950 adjustment to 1950 excess kill 
of small seals 
=-10,+98=..- 6 
Total . . . . 2,316 
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