Pacific Harbour Seal

Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) assessment.  https://wildlife-species.canada.ca/species-risk-registry/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=612

*** Human attitudes to seals and sea lions - Marine Education and Research Society blog March 2019 https://mersociety.wordpress.com/2019/03/26/to-kill-seals-and-sea-lions/ 

Species information by the Hakai Institute “Central Coast Biodiversity” http://www.centralcoastbiodiversity.org/marine-mammals.html. Further good sources are the links they provide .

http://www.marinemammal.org/biology/harborseal/fastfacts.php  North Pacific University's Marine Mammal Research Consortium's excellent fast facts.

Scientific paper on seals getting an illness that originates with dogs (Giardia).  Land-based diseases in seals also addressed in this article - Vancouver Sun; February 20, 2012; “Land-based pathogens found in marine mammals - fear funding cuts for investigations may affect human, animal health”

Photos and information about the birth of a Pacific harbour seal.

Cohen Inquiry in the Decline of the Fraser River Sockeye - technical report absolving seals from being serious predators of salmon; 2011; Project 8 – Effects of predators on Fraser River sockeye salmon ; media related to this report http://www.saveoursalmon.ca/news/2011-Q2/the-mystery-of-the-disappearing-salmon-550/

www.whaleresearch.com/thecenter/Encounters_2008_007.html - amazing photos capture the attack of transient killer whales on a harbour seal and a Dall's porpoise. 

http://www.mi.mun.ca/mi-net/fishdeve/harbor.htm - DFO page 

http://www.vanaqua.org/education/aquafacts/harbourseals.html - Vancouver Aquarium's Aquafacts

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2003/09/02/harbour_seals030902.html - contaminants in habour seals (2003 article)

Pacific Wildlife Foundation’s species information. Be sure you click all the tabs e.g. "distribution" to find out all you can.

http://web.mala.bc.ca/sc403/Sea_Mammals/page14hs.htm - Malaspina University College's fact page

http://www.killerwhale.ca/animals-harbour-seal.html

http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/mammals/whales/accounts/harbour/harbour.htm - Information from the University of Guelph, Ontario.  Be sure to explore all the pages, links given on the left. 

http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/rreo/rreoref/mmammals/sealsandsealions.htm - report from 1984 from Michael Bigg and Peter Olesiuk; dated but still good natural history information

  www.racerocks.com/racerock/marmam/mammals.htm and http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/archivemammals.htm
- involvement of Lester B. Pearson School in a fantastic marine mammal project.  Search the site at http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/web/sitemap.htm  

www.oceanlink.island.net - Bamfield Research Station’s detailed marine biology page search for your species

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jaap/pinn-pho.htm Not a Canadian page

http://www.dosits.org/gallery/intro.htm - click your species name to hear its sounds! and http://www.dosits.org/animals/intro.htm - study how marine mammals make sound and how sound effects them.

http://www.vanaqua.org/education/aquafacts/ - Vancouver Aquarium’s web data base of frequently asked questions about marine ecosystems; click "Harbour Seal"


http://www.pagophilus.org/harbour.html - fact sheet  Not a Canadian page

http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/harbor-seal/behavior.htm - harbour seal behaviour Not a Canadian page

http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/bis/marine_mammals.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=67 - lots of detail about identification some information about  behaviour and threats. An international webpage. 

http://www.dosits.org/gallery/marinemm/2.htm - click pinnipeds and then harbor seal for acoustic samples

http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/learning/education/pinnipeds/harborseal.asp - This is an American website so be careful when using it for population estimates in BC and COSEWIC status in your report

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Phoca_vitulina.html Not a Canadian page

http://www.palomar.edu/oceanography/harbor_seals/facts.htm - detailed fact sheet Not a Canadian page

http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/intermediate.asp?curGroupID=5 - Click "marine mammals" and do a search for your animal. Excellent on-line field guides Not a Canadian page

http://netvet.wustl.edu/marine.htm  - net vet marine mammals; search links for information that may be relevant to your species Not a Canadian page