Transatlantic Migration of a Harp Seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Author: Sergeant, D. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1973
• Subjects: General Medicine; Norway; Harp Seal; Northern Norway; Pagophilus groenlandicus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f73-020; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f73-020

A harp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus, tagged in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, was recovered at sea off northern Norway at 14 months of age. From tag recoveries, the degree of transfer eastward of young animals from the morphologically most distinct western population of harp seals can be assessed at about 1%, and from the central to the morphologically rather similar eastern population, about 10%.