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The mature harp seal has pure black eyes. It has a silver-gray fur covering its body, with black harp or wishbone -shaped markings dorsally , accounting for its common name. [ 3 ] Adult harp seals grow to be 1.7 to 2.0 m (5 ft 7 in to 6 ft 7 in) long and weigh from 115 to 140 kg (254 to 309 lb). [ 1 ]
Harp seal blubber contained 9.2% while the muscle tissue contained only 3%. High levels of trace elements were found. In particular, hooded seal muscle meat contained 379 μg/g of iron and harp seal muscle meat contained 30 μg/g of zinc. [5] High levels of mercury have been found in the blubber of seals of the Canadian arctic. [6]
The Government of Canada permits the hunting of harp seals. This has been met with controversy and debate. Proponents of seal hunts insist that the animals are killed humanely and the white-coated pups are not taken, while opponents argue that it is irresponsible to kill harp seals as they are already threatened by declining habitat. [173] [174]
A nearly 151-pound adult harp seal was rescued from a beach in Lavallette in February, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. It was released in early April and had gained 70 pounds.
The type of large seals that might have been seen on the islands include the Greenland seal (also known as the Harp Seal) and the crested seal (also known as the hooded seal). [16] Something similar is stated in Shetland tradition, that the mermen and mermaids prefer to assume the shape of larger seals, referred to as Haaf-fish. [17]
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Hooded seal (ᓇᑦᓯᕙᒃ, natsivak) Cystophora cristata [7] [1] VU Harbour seal (ᖃᓯᒋᐊᖅ, qasigiaq) Phoca vitulina [ 8 ] [ 1 ] Harp seal (ᖃᐃᕈᓕᒃ, qairulik ) Pagophilus groenlandicus [ 9 ] [ 1 ] LC
The ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata) is a medium-sized pinniped from the true seal family (Phocidae). A seasonally ice-bound species, it is found in the Arctic and Subarctic regions of the North Pacific Ocean , notably in the Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk .