Harbor Seals
Harbor Seals in Alaska
Harbor seals. Photo: John Jansen, NOAA Fisheries, NMML
HARBOR SEALS IN ILIAMNA LAKE
Endangered Species Act
- 78 FR 34309, June 07, 2013. Extension of the public comment period to solicit information for the status review of Pacific harbor seals in Iliamna Lake. Public comment period now through August 16, 2013. NEW!
- News Release: NOAA to review status of harbor seals in Iliamna Lake, seeks public comment
- 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.
- 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
