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SCS: Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Problems exist due to the interactions of grey seals and Baltic Sea fisheries. A significant number of grey seals, particularly young seals, die through entanglement in fishing gear and the reported figures are almost certainly understated due to inconsistent reporting between countries. Grey seals are also ...
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SCS: Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida)
Several tens of ringed seals, mostly young seals, die each year from entanglement in fishing nets and gear, while seal predation also causes some conflict between fishermen and seals. An additional threat ... and there is evidence of long-distance migration and dispersion, particularly for juvenile seals. Arctic ringed seals, mostly pups and subadults, are the major prey of polar bears and arctic ...
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Shark Predation on Sable Island seals
Fisheries Service, Narragansett Lab, Rhode Island), is in preparation. Shark predation on pinnipeds - seals, sea lions and fur seals - is a well- documented phenomenon. Shark-inflicted mortality may be a significant factor ... and Aquatic Sciences 40: 267-271. Daoust, P.-Y. & Z.Lucas. 1998. Mass mortality of young harp seals. Wildlife Health Centre Newsletter 5 (2): 4-5. Lucas, Z. & W.T. Stobo. 2000 ...
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Dinosaurs That Look like Seals
Antarctic scientists, scuba diving, were confronted with three leopard seals that became unduly aggressive towards them. The divers had to try and defend themselves ... When seals attack…. Of course animals do get aggressive at times, for instance when injured, threatened or defending their young but usually there is some reason behind it. With regard to seals, ...
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CRESLI grey seal page
Speakers Bureau Sighting report Volunteering Weather Search WWW Search www.cresli.org Grey Seals (Halichoerus grypus) These large seals inhabit remote islands and shoals on both sides of the northern Atlantic. In ... return will recognize her offspring by its unique smell. Mothers are fiercely protective of their young. Click here for images from previous seal walks Click here to see last year's ...
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Seals and Cod
In Atlantic Canada, seals are facing two major charges: 1. ... species. My arguments in defense of seals: Charge #1. Seals are eating too many fish, specifically cod ... young cod are no longer physically in the picture, including large numbers of mature cod, halibut, and other fish that once grew large enough to catch the same small cod that seals ...
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Brothers of the seals
Marine Mammal Laboratory in Seattle, teaches young stewards how to remove debris from a seal. Meanwhile, Samantha Zacharof, 14, searches the pack for more entangled seals. Captured with a noose pole and ... lab work. The disentanglement team also helps in a subsistence harvest of about 1,600 young male seals a year, which provides the village residents with fresh seal meat. A traditional food ...
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Young Explorers Grants, Funding Information -- National Geographic
Photograph by J.P. Alipio Young Explorers Grant Application National Geographic helps young explorers break into field research. Apply for a Grant About the Program ... National Geographic in the News Ancient Cemetery Found; Brings "Green Sahara" to Life Deep-Diving Seals Are Cheap Labor for Antarctic Surveys Fungus Puts the Heat in Chili Peppers, Study Says ...
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Pinnipeds: Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries
Seals, sea lions, and walruses are taxonomically related to other carnivores, including bears, dogs, raccoons, and weasels (including otters). Three families of living pinnipeds are recognized: Phocidae (earless seals or true seals ... Seal More About Pinnipeds Phocid seals include elephant seals, several ice seals, monk seals, and harbor seals. All of these seals have rear flippers that point ...
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Seals struggle with climate change
Scientists have continued to monitor the ... nutrients essential to seals' diets in the Southern Ocean, because mothers are then unable to nurse their young pups properly. It is, however, in the Arctic region where the seals' predicament is most ...
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