2500 - 10,000 individuals

Comments: Historical population was at least 30,000. Reduced to near extinction by the fur seal trade. Population increased in the early 1900s to at least 1073 in 1978 and 1600 in 1984; total count in 1987 was 3259 at Guadalupe Island, including 468 adult males, 78 subadult males, 1134 females, 472 juveniles, and 998 pups (Reeves et al. 1992). Total population now about 7000 (Wicken and York 1997).