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The harbor (or harbour) seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed species of pinniped (walruses, eared seals, and true seals), they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Baltic ...
Common seals, or harbor seals, are nearly threatened true seal species, inhabiting temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern hemisphere. They are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as well as those of the Baltic and North Seas. Harbor seals are brown, tan, or gray, with distinctive V-shaped nostrils.
The Ungava seal (Phoca vitulina mellonae) is a subspecies of harbor seal, endemic to a small series of freshwater lakes in the Ungava Peninsula, located in northern Quebec. It is noted for being one of the few examples of freshwater seals. It was thought that fewer than 100 individuals remained in 2020.
Nick Muto has fished up and down the New England coast and there is nothing that gets his blood boiling more than the sight of a seal. Muto, whose two boats fish for groundfish such as skate and ...
The death of the harbor seal comes amid the town of Rye’s efforts to monitor tagged great white shark activity off town shores.
Marine Mammal Stranding Center hotline. The MMSC urges everyone to save their hotline in their phones − the number is 609-266-0538, in order to call if you spot a seal or other creature in distress.
Conservation status codes listed follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature ... as well as northern fur seal, harbor seals, and ringed seals [19]
A harbor seal pup lifts its head out of the water to look at the other seals lounging on the breakwater at the Liberty Bay Marina in Poulsbo on Tuesday, July 23, 2024.