Occurrence of the Kuril Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina) at a small fixed fishing net in Akkeshi Bay, Hokkaido, Japan

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1Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3–1–1 Minato–cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido, 041–8611, Japan. 2Current Address: Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-9, Nishi-9, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8589, Japan. 3Department of Aqua Bioscience and Industry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Abashiri, Hokkaido, 099-2493, Japan 4Akkeshi town Fisherman, Akkeshi, 088–0875, Japan.