Harbor Seals
Harbor Seals in Alaska
Harbor seals. Photo: John Jansen, NOAA Fisheries, NMML
HARBOR SEALS IN ILIAMNA LAKE
Endangered Species Act
- News Release: NOAA to review status of harbor seals in Iliamna Lake, seeks public comment NEW!
- 78 FR 29098, May 17, 2013. Notice of a 90-day finding on a petition to list the Pacific harbor seals in Iliamna Lake as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Comment period through July 16, 2013. NEW!
- NMFS letter of acknowledgment, December 2012
- Center for Biological Diversity Petition to List Iliamna Lake Seal, a Distinct Population Segment of Pacific Harbor Seal Under the Endangered Species Act, November 2012
VESSEL DISTURBANCE
- Public Workshops
- Presentations: Bishop, Jansen- coming soon
- 78 FR 21597, April 11, 2013. Notice of two public workshops to solicit input from stakeholders.
- News Release: NOAA to hold public workshops
- Comment Period
- 78 FR 15669, March 12, 2013. Advance notice of proposed rulemaking. NMFS is considering whether to propose regulations to protect glacially-associated harbor seal habitats in Alaska used for pupping, nursing, resting, and molting and limit vessel disturbance to harbor seals in those habitats. Comment period through May 13, 2013.
- News Release: NOAA seeks public input on potential conservation measures to protect harbor seals from vessel disturbance
HARBOR SEAL RESEARCH
- Harbor Seals in Lake Iliamna:
- Freshwater Harbor Seals of Lake Iliamna, Alaska - Do They Pup and Over-Winter in the Lake?, Alaska Marine Science Symposium poster, Jan 2011
- Iliamna Lake Freshwater Seal Study: Characterizing Local Use Patterns, Local Traditional Knowledge, and Seal Population Ecology, North Pacific Research Board Project 916, 2009-2011
- Integrating local traditional knowledge and subsistence use patterns with aerial surveys to improve scientific and local understanding of the Iliamna Lake seals, North Pacific Research Board Project 1116, 2011-2013
- Freshwater Harbor Seals of Lake Iliamna, Alaska: Updated Counts and Research Coordination for 2010, Alaska Marine Science Symposium poster, Jan 2010
- Recent Counts of Freshwater Seals in Alaska's Lake Iliamna, Alaska Marine Science Symposium poster, Jan 2009
- Recent Counts of Freshwater Seals in Lake Iliamna, 2008
- Lake Iliamna Seals: Selected References
- Analysis of population genetic structure in Alaskan harbor seals as a framework for the identification of management stocks, 2003.
- NOAA Fisheries Harbor Seal Research
- State of Alaska, Dept. of Fish and Game, Harbor Seal Research
- North Pacific Research Board
- Reaction of Harbor Seals to Cruise Ships, Jansen et al., Journal of Wildlife Management, December 2010
- Harbor seal population decline in the Aleutian Archipelago, Small et al., Marine Mammal Science, October 2008
- Space–time zero-inflated count models of Harbor seals, Jay M. Ver Hoef and John K. Jansen, Wiley InterScience, August 2007
- Spatial modeling of haul-out site use by harbor seals in Cook Inlet, Alaska, R. A. Montgomery et al., Marine Ecology Progress Series, July 2007
- Comparison of survey methods for estimating abundance of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in glacial fjords, NOAA Fish Bulletin, John L. Bengtson et al., 2007
- Disturbance of harbor seals by cruise ships in Disenchantment Bay, Alaska: An Investigation at Three Spatial and Temporal Scales, John K. Jansen et al., February 2006
- Declines in Harbor Seal (Phoca Vitulina) Numbers in Glacier Bay National Park, 1992-2002, Elizabeth Mathews et al., January 2006
- 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 (2002)
REPORTS
Harbor seals. Photo: Amy Martins, 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
