Counting Weddell Seals Project Report

• Main Author: Grayson, Stuart
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Antarctic; McMurdo Sound; Ross Island; Ross Sea; Turtle Island; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctic Toothfish; Antarctica; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10092/14088

There is currently debate about the impacts of commercial fishery for Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in the Ross Sea upon the ecosystem as a whole and upon Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in particular. Weddell seals lose a lot of weight during the breeding season, and the very h...