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ani.mal:: at s.ea.. ::y that time the numbers of fur sealo had shrunk to
9,000 on tli,- ?:omandorskie ]:slands, to 7,000 on '.,yulenii Island, and
to about 123,000 on th(_. J'ribylov Island.,,. The prohibition of killing
e,t .ea la teci until "19! 0, and as o., result of tl^,e.t mea,sure ti^i:: fur
;,eal stocks increased sliEhtly, althouüh tèll: t;rOtiJtli of the herd,- ---
e.,;peci.al].y on tt:e Koi:rartdor:,kie Islands. -- tool, place at a vcry slow
rate. From 1911 to no seals were taken in ,;hore rookeries on
tlteoe i.:.tla.tid:; in. some year;3; in, other years a. f_c:w liundrecl were taken.
'.Che:.,e herds of fur rsea.lc, continued to iricr^ a::e :7:Lot•ily until
1956. The American herd increased at a faster rate, because from 1911
the seals were protected on their migration routes by American naval 68
vessels. `.Che2e measures led to an increase in the Lake of fur seals
on the Fribylov Islands, and the total kill for the decade 1921.-50
was 345,000; for 1931--40, 595,000; for 1941-50, 665,000; and for
1951-60, 724,000.
.In 1957 a'l'etnporary Convention was concluded between the USSR,
the U.S.A., Japan, and Ce.naiia for conservation and re.:torat-ion of the
fur seal stocks in the northern part of the r acif:ic Ocean. `j.''riat Consea,
vent-ion envi,- a;,ed prohibition of the l;il].i.ii _ of fur seals a t
proei,.ection of tl.em on their mi'r.=tti.on roni:es; imlirovemnnt of econorii.c
activities in ^their shore rookeries, devising of cientific..].1y- ba,sed
norms for the take, etc. As a con.,equence the stocks of fur seals
in the northern part of the Pacific Ocean be;,an to increase. hy 1900
the herd on t,:e ILostandorakie Islands had increased tô 100,000, and
that on 'I'yulenii I::1and to 115,000; and the seals l.)CL,-an to foi.m
rookeries on the !;ua°ilo Islands.
The nr.eoerlt nu:^lber:j of fur sel_,; in nortl:ezc: part of the
Paci.,'ic Ocean are e,stiuiated as follows: on the 1•ribylov 12lands, from
1.0 to 1.6 ciillion; on to ;:omandor:-l ie 1 slands, fa.•or:i 100,000 to
160 , OGO ; on rulerlii I...lancl, f rom 140,000 to 160,000, and on the
Kurile. Island-,, from 15,000 to 20,.000. The increase in numbers has
led to an incx•ear.,e in t•ii..• cake in recent yeai•s : for the five ^ e_^.1•S
196a-68 the average tr.i::c by retïions FraÜ :`),'000-10,000 oz; to
oz•::kie
7,000-3,000 on : 3ruleni i 1sl11:d, while t:iere is a
01' econo,.;ac exploita i..i o;: of 1. e fur seal :411,oci:c)
on the .t.tr.i.le 7 cclciticls .. 'i.'he ta;:e of fur :•i:als; or, tt"o .t.•ri.by:Lov 1::lanci:s
lias been from ;,0,000 to 60,0u0 in a'ecent ye^x•c,, r.t:il ;:;1.- incluc!ed not