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Harp Seal

Educational resources on Harp Seal

Harp Seal or Pagophilus groenlandicus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Harp Seal

Academic web links for the Harp Seal.


the Canadian Harp Seal Dilemma
THE HARP SEALS The Canadian Harp Seal Dilemma . CASE NUMBER: 378. CASE MNEMONIC: HARP. CASE NAME: Harp Seal and Trade. CONTENTS. The Issue; The Description
www.american.edu/TED/harp.htm

ADW: Pagophilus groenlandicus: Information
Photographs and information on the harp seal including its range, habitat, description, reproduction, behavior and impact on man and the environment.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Pagophilus_groenlandicus.html

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www1.american.edu/TED/HARP.HTM

Trade Embargoes
What of the American moral priority to save the harp seal from inhumane treatment? Are Americans just supposed to forget it and assimilate the callousness of the Norwegians?
darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/issueguides/Embargoes

Seals
The Arctic sea has five different kinds of seals, harp seals, ringed seals, bearded seals, ribbon seals and hooded seals. Wedell seals are known because they are so gentle.
www.ucls.uchicago.edu/students/projects/1996-97/Hillocks96/seals.html

Black Polar Bears, Alaska Science Forum
This being the case, harp seal or polar bear census counts on the ice are simplified by utilizing aerial ultraviolet photography. If a lens filter is used that screens out the
www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF7/799.html

North American Mammals: Phoca groenlandica
Harp seal pups grow at an astonishing rate on the fat-rich milk produced by their mothers. From a birth weight of about 10 kg, they bulk up to 35 kg in 10 days.
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=277

WhaleNet/Seal STOP Reports
..."Sammy Alfredo" Where in the World is "Sammy Alfredo" The Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team will release "Sammy Alfredo", a female yearling harp seal, from First Landing
whale.wheelock.edu/whalenet-stuff/Stop39387/reports_39387.html

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Scientific name: Pagophilus groenlandicus: Common name: Harp Seal: ITIS# 622022: Physical Description: The harp seal's head appears somewhat long, wide, and flattened.
seamap.env.duke.edu/species/tsn/622022

WhaleNet-Mystic Aq./Satellite Tagging Reports
Tag #40590. On March 3, 2004 a yearling female harp seal (SXPG0409) stranded in South Kingstown, RI. The animal arrived in good body condition with many shallow sand abrasions on
whale.wheelock.edu/whalenet-stuff/StopHarps03/reportsHarps.html







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