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take during tila.t period was 1, 54.6 in 1929, m id the lo1•1e0t 460 in 1925.
At present the tahe of seals by the local population on the shores
of Lake Ladoga fluctuates between 500' and 600. -ince 1958 'inland
has prohibited the killing of seals in Lake âaima.
large.
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Sï;AhS Oi' - ' TTill ,,' SOU''I•lE1tTd IlE1iT^_•111^1t:,
The number of .;eal speci.eL; living, in sout:i_ rn oct:ans is fairly
f;ighteen pinni.pede species are foun(1. in vmr:n, sub-Antarctic,
and Antarctic waters. The fa:iiily Otariidae, wliose range includes
both warm and sub-Antarctic waters, is reï;resented by séven species
of souttlern fur seals (Sou-:.h African, South Arseriça.n,, i:ere;uelen,
Guadalupe, Austr.alian, ':Casr.iani.ari, and hew Zea.laiid fur s.cals ) and
t'riree species of sea lions (southern, ',us ti•alian, and -ew Zealand
sea lions; .
The reCion of sub•-Anta.^2c•l,-iç and Antarctic waters is inhabited
mainly by members of the ï=hocidae family -- tlie soutnern elel:hant
seal, the crab-eater seal, tne :sea-leopard, and ',•leddel].' s and TLoss' s
seal.s,
We may also provisionally ascribe to l,l:at region liiembers of
the ï'lioci.dae fa:.:ily found in warm waters of tl,e nor .liern hemisphere,
the monk seals (T:editerra.nea.n, Oaribbean, and iiawaiian,.
In spite of the larg^e number of se-al species inhabiting
these parts of clie world's oceans, t'rieir econoi;iic inip^^.-Gance is
suna11.
71 hat is, due to the fact that tile forr..erly-ricli stocks of
soutiierr_ fur sca.ls, sea lions, elephant sot.l.;, and monk seals tlave
been practir.al.l,y wiped out by destructive exploitation.
The nuinbers
o.C
seals have been so reduced by huntin- t.;at at 1^^.e,sei^t tne Li.lling
of tl.e se animals is either entirely lir.,ahibited or permit Led only
within small li-:its.
'l'ho ice-dwe11-iï.Lr; :;cals of ti,o Antarctic have never been the
objective of intensive sealint-.. At f.3re::e11L tc u r are noi llll'titcc, but
ev:i.(lunjt1.y
tee c, i,ockn W' pinllipodos .1.11 -01(11;i(,,
i.t^
tila 11e.a-a", f'ut11;t^R.