Migrations of Harp Seals Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben) in the Northwest Atlantic
Some 1300 harp seal pups were marked with four types of tags over 5 years from commercial sealing ships at the breeding patches off eastern Canada. Recovery rates from individual taggings ranged up to 20%. The greatest age at recovery was 4 years, 10 months. The recoveries and observational evidence...
Published in: | Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1965
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f65-043 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f65-043 |