New Zealand fur seal demographics

Summary of fur seal tags

The table summarises the tagging effort in each year in each of the monitored West Coast colonies. In each colony, male and female pups are marked with different coloured tags. For each year and each tag colour, the table lists the number of tags used, the range of tag numbers, and the positions of the edge marks on each tag.

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		Wekakura Point		Cape Foulwind		Open Bay Islands
Year	Total tagged	green disc	lilac disc	blue button	orange button	white button	yellow button
2020	621	58 8100–8157	48 8100–8147	70 2200–2269	59 2200–2258	200 1– 200	186 1– 186
2018	633	75 7976–8050	75 7976–8050	64 2101–2166	69 2101–2169	170 6160–6329	180 6181–6361
2016	731	81 7851–7931	82 7851–7933	50 2001–2050	80 2001–2080	209 5951–6160	229 5952–6181
2015	314	99 7751–7850	91 7751–7846	59 1901–1959 7	65 1901–1965 7
2014	279	79 7651–7729	86 7651–7736	52 1801–1852	62 1801–1862
2013	254	75 7551–7626 6,12	73 7551–7625 6,12	40 1701–1740 6,12	66 1701–1766 6,12
2012	269	87 7451–7537	84 7451–7534	48 1601–1648 5	50 1601–1650 5
2011	1144	4 7401–7404 4,12 100 7301–7400 3,4,12	36 7401–7436 4,12 100 7301–7400 3,4,12	83 1501–1583 4,12	92 1501–1592 4,12	356 4251–4609 4,12	373 4251–4624 4,12
2010	1260	133 7151–7284	135 7151–7285	94 1401–1494 3,12	89 1401–1489 3,12	360 3851–4211 3 50 3801–3850 2,3	349 3851–4200 3 50 3801–3850 2,3
2009	1015	100 7001–7100	120 7001–7121	81 1301–1381 2	81 1301–1381 2	332 3451–3782 2	301 3451–3753 2
2008	187			96 1201–1296 1,12	91 1201–1300 1,12
2007	196	96 6903–7000 11	100 6901–7000 11
2006	1278	104 6801–6914 11 100 6701–6800 10,11	75 6801–6880 11 100 6701–6800 10,11	100 1101–1200 11	100 1101–1200 11	349 3101–3450 11	350 3101–3450 11
2005	1278	219 6451–6670 10	210 6451–6662 10	93 1001–1093 10	87 1001–1087 10	312 2751–3062 10 25 2726–2750 9	307 2751–3057 10 25 2726–2750 9
2004	1232	99 6351–6450 9 100 6251–6350 8,9	99 6351–6450 9 100 6251–6350 8,9	100 901–1000 9	100 901–1000 9	323 2401–2723 9	311 2401–2711 9
2003	1327	239 6001–6239 8	214 6001–6214 8	93 801– 893 8	89 801– 889 8	242 2151–2393 8 100 2051–2150 7,8	250 2151–2400 8 100 2051–2150 7,8
2002	1231	207 5771–5977 6 70 5701–5770 6,7	210 5771–5993 6 70 5701–5770 6,7	100 701– 800 7	100 701– 800 7	128 1911–2038 7 110 1801–1910 6,7	126 1911–2036 7 110 1801–1910 6,7
2001	999	93 5571–5688 6 120 5451–5570 5,6	125 5571–5696 6 120 5451–5570 5,6	100 601– 700 5	93 601– 693 5	175 1604–1778 5,6	173 1601–1774 5,6
2000	870	158 5251–5408 5	182 5251–5432 5	64 501– 564	67 501– 568	104 1500–1603 5 99 1401–1499 4,5	98 1500–1597 5 98 1401–1499 4,5
1999	917	176 5001–5176 4	212 5001–5212 4	65 401– 465 4	75 401– 475 4	203 1152–1355 4	186 1151–1385 4
1998	1188	149 801–1145 4	150 801–1145 4	100 301– 400	99 301– 400	345 801–1145	345 801–1145
1994	1772	395 351– 745	395 351– 745	100 101– 200	95 101– 195	392 351– 745	395 351– 745
1993	1589	350 1– 350	350 1– 350	100 1– 100	100 1– 100	347 1– 347	342 1– 342
1992	1617	350 A101–A450	350 A101–A450	100 A101–A200	100 A101–A200	367 A326–A700	350 A339–A697
1991	1040	99 A001–A099	98 A001–A098	100 A001–A100	90 A001–A090	319 A001–A321	334 A001–A338