Spotted Seals, Phoca largha, in Alaska

• Main Authors: Rugh, David J., Shelden, Kim E. W., Withrow, David E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: Biology; Ecology; Fisheries; Bering Sea; Norton Sound; Kuskokwim; Nunivak; Nunivak Island; Phoca vitulina; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/26448

The worldwide literature on management of spotted seals, Phoca largha, was reviewed and updated, and aerial surveys weref lown in 1992 and 1993 to determine the species' distribution and abundance in U.S. waters. In April, spotted seals were found only in the Bering Sea ice front. In June, they...