Harbor Seals
Harbor Seals in Alaska
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Harbor seal. Photo: Amy Martins, NOAA Fisheries
Analyses
- Analysis of population genetic structure in Alaskan harbor seals as a framework for the identification of management stocks, 2003.
Research
- National Marine Mammal Laboratory Harbor Seal Research
- Disturbance of harbor seals by cruise ships in Disenchantment Bay, Alaska: An Investigation at Three Spatial and Temporal Scales, February 2006
- Declines in Harbor Seal (Phoca Vitulina) Numbers in Glacier Bay National Park, 1992-2002, January 2006
- Stock Assessment Reports
- Alaska Harbor Seal Research Plan, 2003
- Macrogeographic structure and patterns of genetic diversity in harbor seals from Alaska to Japan, Journal of Mammalogy, 2002.
- Stock structure of harbor seals more finely scaled than Stock Assessment Reports indicate.
- State of Alaska, Dept. of Fish and Game Harbor Seal Research
Harbor seals on ice. Photo: NOAA Fisheries
Co-Management
- Harbor Seal Co-Management Action Plan between the Alaska Native Harbor Seal Commission and the National Marine Fisheries Service, 2001
- Agreement between the Alaska Native Harbor Seal Commission and the National Marine Fisheries Service, 1999
- Alaska Native Harbor Seal Commission
- Abstract: Subsistence Harvest of Harbor Seal and Sea Lion by Alaska Natives in 1998
- American Indian and Alaska Native Policy, March 1995
Related Information
- General Description
- Harbor Seal Description
- List of NMFS registered tanners
- News Release: Don't Touch That Seal Pup
- Lake Iliamna Seals: Selected References