. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1988 Bigg: Status of the Steller Sea Lion 327 Table 7. The winter haulouts in British Columbia, numbers of Steller Sea Lions seen on them during summer and winter 1971-1982, and history of site use. Only sites where 50 animals were seen regularly are listed individually. Numbers in parentheses were assumed from the subsequent or preceding count. Winter Summer History 1971 1976 1977 1982 First Noted Haulout 7-12/12 13-21/12 27/6-2/7 28-30/6 Changes in use Race Rocks 35 113 0 (0) 1965 Newly formed Ada Island 0 131 0 (0) 1973 Newly formed Trail Island 0 91 0 (0) 1
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1988 Bigg: Status of the Steller Sea Lion 327 Table 7. The winter haulouts in British Columbia, numbers of Steller Sea Lions seen on them during summer and winter 1971-1982, and history of site use. Only sites where 50 animals were seen regularly are listed individually. Numbers in parentheses were assumed from the subsequent or preceding count. Winter Summer History 1971 1976 1977 1982 First Noted Haulout 7-12/12 13-21/12 27/6-2/7 28-30/6 Changes in use Race Rocks 35 113 0 (0) 1965 Newly formed Ada Island 0 131 0 (0) 1973 Newly formed Trail Island 0 91 0 (0) 1973 Newly formed Miller Group 210 307 0 0 1971 Ashby Pt. (31) 31 4 1 1915 Sombrio Pt. 16 I 0 0 1970 Carmanah Pt. 0 124 181 170 1938 Pachena Pt. 24 1 0 0 1970 Folger Island 284 23 0 0 1955 Wouwer Island 116 61 0 0 1958 Plover Reefs 215 185 1 0 1969 Raphael Pt. 0 36 0 0 1938 Escalante Pt. (85) 85 0 0 1955 Ferrer Pt. 124 217 1 0 1954 Solander Island 71 34 1 0 See Table 5 Blenheim Island (65) 65 0 0 1913 Ashdown Island (119) 119 0 (0) 1960 Chearnley Island (546) 546 0 0 1913 Zayas Island (223) 223 0 0 1913 Ramsay Island 223 396 0 0 1971 Skedans Island 414 491 0 45 1956 Moresby Island 57 96 0 0 1957 Hippa Island 298 292 0 0 1959 Langara Island 227 121 0 3 See Table 5 Sites with < 50 animals 230 222 2 4 Total 3613 4011 189 223 most inland site, Ada Island, only small numbers arrived by October, most arrived by November, and the largest number occurred generally in March (Figure 8). All sea lions left by late May. Because of an annual increase in numbers, the seasonal variations in numbers seen at this site were calculated using the percentage of the maximum number seen each month relative to the maximum number seen in March of each winter season. The maximum number noted for each month was used for those months when at least five days of observations were made. Ada Island was also occupied by a few California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus). In 11 censuses made during 1975 to 1
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