Translation 2783

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l'>eardecî. seals have Ion-- been hurited by coastal di-;ellers in
all pets of their range. !'ho Lill res,ched a. particula:uly hi-h lr.vel
in the Sea of Olchot::k, where >.,hiTZ-bascd hur!tinL; Look place m,. well
z^ .,liore-ba.sed.
From 1932 sea].in^; schooners tool: .,.:vezwl thousands
of the e,nirial., annually in th^, southern l:cirt o; that sea ;.i'rom 1947
to 1956 the tzlke by
fluctucLted b:_ tween 2,000 and 6,000; in
1957 it too?c a:.•lie.rn uin,..rd turn, and until 196,1. it was from 9,000
to 13,000; it ti_en beL,;an to decrease.
Ship- Dc:..,ed hun'Lin^, of bearded
seal:s in the Der.in• Sea began in^1961, from 2, 000 to 5,000 of the
animals :iei.n,; killed e.nnually.
A ce:rt,ain ntLnber of' ther;i are killed
by local ro;.:ident:; in Chulçotl,a, and from ?,000 to 5,000 are killed
on the coasts of America.
Wb give below the figures for the annual ship-based kill of 61
bea.rded sea.l:, in the Sea of Okhotslc and the i3er:inû ^ee, (in thousands)
from 1957 to
1 roa
1957
1958
1 9 ,ï t)
19ù0
1961
1967 inclusive.
2. AoUr•ia / f o c ; IXoC;i-i ia
13,2 19f,2 9,S
10,i 19û3 9,1
51^i 196•1 12,4
10,6 19tii 5,8
S,î 1966 7,9
1;)G7 8,9
Ircy ^ .^ 1 ) Year. 2) " tiIiIOLLiî 4- ^ vf nï1.^. •
It has been learned from vo,riout; sources tlitit the numbers of
bearded seals in the Sea of Okhotsk and the i3er.ing, ;Sea have decreased.
Foi nstance, in 1968 the number of these sea1.: in ti.G Sea of Onhotslc
was estimated by aerial censusing at 177,000. In order to conserve
and restore the anime,l:i'Imunbers, ship-based hu.ritin; _ of the.;i in tiiese
regions ^,r^,: totally prohibited in 1970; trLe locc11 population is permitted
to talcc.: not more thc.:l 51000 bearded sca1:, (1972 limit) in the
13erinr; Sea, and 5,000 in the Sea of Okhotsk,
Walrus (Odobe.enuÿ rosme.ru s L., 'r i S )
The walrus found in the nortiler.n 1,1a:t
is the X,acific cmbq)ecies, 0. r. dive gons.
of the Pacific Ocean
The colour of the adult:, is straw-yellow t•ri.tli a i.iuddy-,,rey
tinge; that of the juveniles is ru,_Net-brown. ;.ew-born 1>uls are
Q71r1;-i:r'e;Y 7 and ;)ro cinnu-..' ioll-lil'c:wl1. '.l'lle bodies of juvenile
t•mlru::e:; rr,: covuz.ccl with loft and
,a!liich bc:co:,es
:c^.nty ,- th y t;rct^; olclor, c.rid ,^o :t of it fufi' in o: d nni:.ial:^.
'!'hcr !1mximu:1 roolo„ic.l. l.,nUrth of r-:cau:lt i.:.: ;120 cul, and