Otago pup births15 pups born Otago Peninsula (3 have died)

1 pup born at Akatore (south of Taieri Mouth)

2 pups born near to Surat Bay in the Catlins

Total known pups born on Otago coastline....18Surviving pups 15 (7 Male, 8 Female)

Dead pups• Lawyers Head 25/1/18 Not recovered.

• Sandfly Bay 18/2/18 ‘Musculoskeletal trauma consistent with intraspecific aggression’

• Victory Beach 18/3/18 ‘Open - too decomposed’

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Known pup birth sites 2018

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