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Hooded seal pups are known as "blue-backs" because their coats are blue-grey on the back with whitish bellies. This coat is shed after 14 months of age when the pups molt. [ 4 ] It is the only species in the genus Cystophora .
Ward v Canada (AG) [1] is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on federalism.The Court re-articulated the "pith and substance analysis and upheld the regulations prohibiting sale of "blueback" seals for the valid purpose of "curtailing commercial hunting of young seals to preserve the fisheries as an economic resource".
Blueback may refer to any of a number of unrelated fish species with blue coloration: Blueback, a 1997 novel by Australian author Tim Winton; USS Blueback, a US Navy submarine of the Balao-class; USS Blueback, a Barbel-class submarine and the last non-nuclear submarine to join the US Naval Fleet; Beardslee trout or bluebacks
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 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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