Marine Species

*The Harbor Seal

* facts about the harbor seal

*Harbor seals are residents of Point Reyes, they might be sighted year round both on land and in near shore waters.*Some seals also migrate annually up to

800km (500 miles) during the winter months to others foraging areas, and then return to Point Reyes to breed and molt their fur.*Harbor seals migrate through Pacific Coast

from Bering Sea to Baja California.

*Populations

*The Harbor Seals population is stable but not the whole species. *Populations have been reduced, because

of out breaks of diseases, conflict with humans, and their predators.*The population is currently not in trouble,

they are not endangered.

*Harbor Seals

*They reach up to five to six feet in length *Weigh up to three hundred pounds*White or silver to brown and black spotted

coats

* This is the path of a harbor seal named Honey suckleThe different colors of the path display the different depths of the water she traveled in. For the time they tracked her, she traveled a distance of 980 km!

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