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Spring Surveys, 3-year averages

Number of sea otters counted during spring surveys, plotted as 3-year running averages.
(Example: values for 2006 are the average of the 2005, 2006, and 2007 counts.)
sea otter count graph

YEAR Total Independents Pups   Total
3-yr avg
Ind
3-yr avg
Pups
3-yr avg
1983 1277 1156 121      
1984 1303 1180 123 1313.67 1151.67 162.00
1985 1361 1119 242 1416.67 1219.00 197.67
1986 1586 1358 228 1536.00 1304.00 232.00
1987 1661 1435 226 1657.33 1432.33 225.00
1988 1725 1504 221 1747.33 1503.33 244.00
1989 1856 1571 285 1753.67 1513.67 240.00
1990 1680 1466 214 1825.67 1579.00 246.67
1991 1941 1700 241 1907.33 1658.67 248.67
1992 2101 1810 291 2093.67 1844.00 249.67
1993 2239 2022 217 2233.00 1969.33 263.67
1994 2359 2076 283 2325.00 2064.33 260.67
1995 2377 2095 282 2338.00 2044.67 293.33
1996 2278 1963 315 2294.67 1992.33 302.33
1997 2229 1919 310 2207.00 1945.67 261.33
1998 2114 1955 159 2144.33 1910.67 233.67
1999 2090 1858 232 2173.67 1955.33 218.33
2000 2317 2053 264 2189.33 1924.67 264.67
2001 2161 1863 298 2205.67 1920.67 285.00
2002 2139 1846 293 2268.33 1993.00 275.33
2003 2505 2270 235 2489.67 2203.67 286.00
2004 2825 2495 330 2688.33 2394.00 294.33
2005 2735 2417 318 2750.67 2427.00 323.67
2006 2692 2369 323 2817.67 2474.33 343.33
2007 3026 2637 389      


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