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Rakiura pup count
These numbers represent the number of pups found and tagged by researchers.
There are likely pups missed and so these numbers are only representative.
Rakiura Rāngai
2011 - Yellow coffin tags W600-615
2012 - Yellow coffin tags E763-794
2013 - GG coffin tags E796-799, H800-H828
2014 - Yellow coffin tags P400-P431
2015 - Yellow coffin tags P432-P437, V500-V530
2016 - Yellow coffin tags V531-V550, W651-W663
2017 - Yellow coffin tags X700-X742
2018 - Yellow coffin tags V551-V599, N364-N376
2019 - Yellow coffin tags N377-N399, W665-W693
2020 - Yellow coffin tags E800-E848
2021 - Yellow coffin tags E851-E899, P451-P460, random combos
2022 - Yellow coffin tags P461-P499, X751-X773
2023 - Yellow coffin tags X774-X799, WW coffin tags 1500-1529
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