| 1. | Ownership of fur seal pelts is now prohibited except for subsistence purposes.
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| 2. | They are important as a breeding site for seabirds and fur seals.
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| 3. | Finally, the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention severely curtailed the sealing industry.
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| 4. | In November 2011, a male New Zealand fur seal arrived named Atamai.
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| 5. | It probably arose from the extinct fur seal genus " Thalassoleon ".
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| 6. | Northern fur seals are preyed upon primarily by sharks and killer whales.
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| 7. | The principal cause of the decline in Guadalupe fur seals was commercial sealing.
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| 8. | South African fur seals have a very robust and healthy population.
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| 9. | Fur seals and sea lions are pinnipeds comprised in the taxonomic family Otariidae.
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| 10. | A census in 1970 found about 750 fur seals living there.
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