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They travel in fall through La Perouse Strait then east through the Tsugaru Strait. [[strikethrough]][[illegible]][[/strikethrough]] Xmas and [[strikethrough]]November[[/strikethrough]] New Years and after-wards Volcano Bay.

Do not think that more than 30 of Kuril Isl seals proper exist now. 
If left alone, they think that the seals might increase again.

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Island seals. Then in fall travel down La Perouse Strait into the northern portion of the Japanese sea and about X-mas they go out through Tsugaru Strait [[strikethrough]]keeps[[/strikethrough]] 
into the Pacific keeping inshore 10-15 miles along the east coast of 
northern Honshu. In going they travel northwards along the Pacific side of Yezo, only a smaller portion returning by way of Tsugaru Strait and these mostly young

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