"Northern Fur Seal Research"

The population status of northern fur seals Callorhinus ursinus ) on st. Paul Island has been monitored annually since 1911. Annual reports of research on the population status of northern fur seals on all U. s. breeding rookeries (including st. Paul Island) and throughout their pelagic North Pacific and Bering Sea range (Fig. 1) have been published since 1940 excluding, a 3-year break during World War II. This series of publications, first produced by the Marine Mammal Biological Laboratory (later to become the National Marine Mammal Laboratory) represents one of the longest-running documentations of life history patterns and dynamics of a wild animal population. From 1911 to 1984, northern fur seal research was carried out by Canada, Japan, the Soviet Union, and the United States under a convention for the conservation of North Pacific fur seals. Since 1984, studies have been conducted independently, but cooperatively by former member nations.

Scientists from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory have published reports of annual studies of northern fur seals from the Pribilof Islands since 1958, and from San Miguel Island off Southern California since 1968. This document presents the results of research conducted in 1992.

This report summarizes northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) research conducted by scientists from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory in 1991. Research was conducted on St. George Island and St. Paul Island of the Pribilof Island group in the eastern Bering Sea, and on San Miguel Island and Castle Rockin Southern California.

This report summarizes the research carried out by scientists from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory at four northern fur seal breeding sites during 1990.

The National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) is responsible for collecting biological and management data on the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus). This responsibility is mandated under the Fur Seal Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, in absence of the Fur Seal Convention which expired in 1984.

The National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) is responsible for collecting biological and management data on the northern fur seal, (Callorhinus ursinus), under the Fur Seal Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act in absence of the Fur Seal Convention which expired in 1984.

The National Marine Mammal Laboratory is responsible for collecting biological and management data on the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus). This responsibility is mandated under the Fur Seal Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, in absence of the Fur Seal Convention which expired in 1984.

In 1985, the United States, Canada, Japan, and the Soviet Union cooperatively carried out research on the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus, on land and at sea. Scientists from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) in Seattle, Washington, have routinely conducted annual surveys and studies on U.S. islands under terms of the Interim Convention on the Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals. Although this Convention lapsed in October of 1984, studies have continued annually by former member nations. In particular, studies have been conducted on the Pribilof Islands and Bogoslof Island in Alaska and San Miguel Island off southern California where fur seals breed and haul out. This report summarizes the research carried out on these islands in 1984 and 1985.

The United States, Canada, Japan, and the Soviet Union cooperatively carry out research on the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus, on land and at sea under the Interim Convention on the Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals. As part of the U.S. obligations under this agreement, scientists from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) in Seattle, Washington have conducted annual surveys and studies on U.S.-owned islands. In particular, they have studied the Pribilof Islands and Bogoslof Island in Alaska and San Miguel Island off southern California, all used by fur seals for breeding and hauling out. This report summarizes the research carried out on these islands in 1984. It served as the U.S. contribution to the 28th annual meeting of the Standing Scientific Committee of the North Pacific Fur Seal Commission in Tokyo, Japan in 1985.

The United States, Canada, Japan, an~ the Soviet Union cooperatively I carry out research on the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus, on land and at sea under the Interim Convention on the Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals. As part of the U.S. obligations under this agreement, scientists from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory in Seattle, Washington, have conducted annual surveys and studies on U.S.-owned islands, particularly the Pribi10fs in Alaska and San Miguel off southern California, used by fur seals for breeding and hauling out. This report summarizes the research carried out on these islands in 1983 and served as the U.S. contribution to the 27th annual meeting of the Standing Scientific Committee of the North Pacific Fur Seal Commission in Moscow in 1984.