STOCK DEFINITION AND GEOGRAPHIC RANGE The harp seal occurs throughout much of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans (Ronald and Healey 1981;
appearances usually occur in January-May (Harris et al. 2002), when the western North Atlantic stock of harp seals is at its most southern point of migration. Concomitantly, a southward shift in winter distribution off Newfoundland was observed during the mid-1990s, which was attributed to abnormal...
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