Hooded Seal ( Cystophora cristata ) Pup Production in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Hammill, M. O., Stenson, G. B., Myers, R. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1992
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Breton Island; Magdalen; Cystophora cristata; hooded seal; Prince Edward Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f92-281; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f92-281

Systematic visual aerial surveys were flown in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence during March 1990 and 1991 to estimate hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) pup production. In 1990, the main whelping patch, occupying an area of 264 km 2 , was located near Cape Breton Island. One hundred and five pups w...