GRAY SEAL (Halichoerus grypus): Western North Atlantic Stock

• Main Authors: Stock Definition, Geographic Range
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: late 1990's; a year-round breeding population of approximately 400+ animals was documented on outer Cape Cod and; Canada; Nantucket; Mansfield; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.227.7554; http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/publications/tm/tm182/pdfs/109.pdf

The gray seal is found on both sides of the North Atlantic, with three major populations: eastern Canada, northwestern Europe and the Baltic Sea (Katona et al. 1993). The western North Atlantic population occurs from New England to Labrador and is centered in the Sable Island region of Nova Scotia (...