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Table 1: Numbers of pups of Cape Fur Seals counted at Namibian colonies in 16 years, 1972–2018. In the column for 2018, ‘1’ indicates the colony was extant but accurate counts of pups

2018 34228 17056 33838 3 80935 44933 1945 143 5855 10930 0 3609 336 2082 1 1 1933 9863 18776 15790 11958 2384 304 237 1 1 298772

2014 30911 6890 21521 55 54989 18495 3109 60 5915 7963 0 0 0 93 1751 812 858 15392 19192 10469 11000 1947 141 688 8000 3560 223811

2011 43654 702 0 17 69959 12525 1777 0 8275 9325 0 2613 396 18 1484 2286 1964 21553 29617 13240 14718 3592 366 871 10146 5619 254717

2008/9 26899 14 13013 51380 8438 1321 0 0 0 2954 254 9 1996 1844 1858 0 53000 19300 16890 2996 2700 0 13500 0 218366

2006 21109 26 5550 514 65073 1682 1195 114 4330 2723 0 1385 60 0 1430 780 742 19993 36396 12702 10055 1898 310 2854 9072 5507 205500

2002 10880 37394 2285 0 0 106 1462 669 1099 15184 18193 7822 1335 84 2953 7472 6163 113101

1998 7191 48993 0 33 52 3478 0 0 128 146 1899 883 465 36700 46225 14835 2785 206 5783 10771 8308 188881

1997 4419 38564 0 26 0 1827 0 158 89 242 1542 693 12098 2451 100 3989 7186 5529 78913

1996 4337 35498 12 756 693 2026 0 141 157 9158 13581 7751 1152 210 3317 7967 4623 91379

1995 3044 29990 24 502 1576 961 0 0 63 9642 17031 8809 2031 252 3011 6992 4501 88429

1993 477 61891 3 292 231 4902 0 2500 68 942 1405 1240 1667 39534 62823 20170 1715 200 5293 8703 6121 220212

1989 55247 0 4 5216 3114 6 666 2325 2066 2003 24548 42223 22160 4354 439 5590 11139 3437 184537
were not obtained. A few seals also bred at Seal Island, Lüderitz, in 2018

1986 3 35590 0 672 0 0 3606 398 2212 1618 1623 10616 16860 12812 202 4820 8011 1817 100860

1983 1 26623 0 1945 1167 883 26669 61438 13223 5254 216 4953 9419 1614 153405

1977 22097 2772 0 378 2114 978 779 15017 23759 9840 2393 205 3208 10879 3248 97667

1972 0 17839 5042 0 755 2910 1691 2875 7443 8879 12228 3722 3243 15772 2769 85168

Locality Cape Frio Möwe Bay Torra Bay Toscanini Cape Cross Pelican Point Sandwich Harbour Conception Bay Hollamsbird Island Sylvia Hill Mercury Island Dolphin Head Klein Ichaboe Marshall Rocks Staple Rock Boat Bay Rock Dumfudgeon Rock Wolf Bay Atlas Bay Long Islands Possession Island Albatross Rock Black Rock Van Reenen Bay Sinclair Island Lion’s Head Total

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