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: 1998
• Subjects: 1986 Sable Island 100; 000 to 130; 00; Nantucket; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.294.6264; http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/ao1998segr-wn.pdf

The gray seal is found in the western North Atlantic from New England to Labrador and is centered in the Sabel Island region of Nova Scotia (Katona et al. 1993; Davies 1957). This stock is separated by both geography and differences in the breeding season from the eastern Atlantic stock (Bonner 1981...