Spotted Seals, Phoca Largha, in Alaska
Spotted Seals, Phoca largha, in Alaska Item Type article Authors Rugh, David J.; Shelden, Kim E. W.; Withrow, David E. Download date 09/10/2021 03:34:27 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/1834/26448 Spotted Seals, Phoca largha, in Alaska DAVID J. RUGH, KIM E. W. SHELDEN, and DAVID E. WITHROW Introduction mine the abundance, distribution, and lar), a 2-month difference in mating sea stock identification of marine mammals sons (effecting reproductive isolation), Under the reauthorization of the Ma that might have been impacted by com the whitish lanugo on newborn P largha rine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) mercial fisheries in U.S. waters (Bra that is shed in utero in P vitulina, dif in 1988, and after a 5-year interim ex ham and DeMaster1). For spotted seals, ferences in the adult pelage of P largha emption period ending September 1995, Phoca largha, there were insufficient and P vitulina, and some differences in the incidental take of marine mammals data to determine incidental take lev cranial characteristics (Burns et aI., in commercial fisheries was authorized els. Accordingly, as a part of the MMAP, 1984). However, hybridization may if the affected populations were not ad the NMFS National Marine Mammal occur, based on evidence from morpho versely impacted. The Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) conducted a study logical intermediates and overlaps in Assessment Program (MMAP) of the of spotted seals in Alaska. The objec range (Bums et aI., 1984). As such, dif National Marine Fisheries Service tives of this study were to: I) provide a ferentiation of these two species in the (NMFS), NOAA, provided funding to review of literature pertaining to man field is very difficult.
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