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Remove Images By the Numbers Pro Bowl Ratings Up But Monk Seal Pups Down by Jacob Shafer February 04, 2010 12.3 million Estimated number of viewers who watched the NFL Pro Bowl on January 31, a 3.5 million-viewer increase compared to last year; the game was played in Miami instead of Honolulu and was held the week before the Super Bowl instead of the week after 5.1 percent Increase in Maui hotel occupancy for the week ending January 23, compared to the same time last year 21.2 percent Decrease in room rates for the same week-to-week 119 Number of Hawaiian monk seal pups counted by federal biologists in 2009, the lowest total in a decade Sources: National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration, ESPN, Smith Travel Research & Hospitality Advisors, Honolulu Advertiser, Pacific Business News