Harbor Seal
Phoca vitulina richardii

Where do harbor seals live?

Harbor seals inhabit coastal and estuarine waters from Southeast Alaska through the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands, to Cape Newenham and the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea. They haul out on offshore rocks and reefs, nearshore beaches and tidal flats, and drifting ice calved from glaciers in glacial fjords. Individual seals seem to have a very small home range, rarely moving more than 200 km from a central haul-out site.

What do harbor seals eat?

Harbor seals eat a wide variety of fish and invertebrates, such as walleye pollock, Pacific cod, capelin, eulachon, Pacific herring, salmon, octopus, and squid in Alaska.

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