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| New England awash in seals |
| 2005-01-02 |
| It's a sight New Englanders aren't entirely used to seeing: thousands of seals swimming through Long Island Sound or hauling out to Maine, where they like to have their pups. Seals traditionally have migrated into southern New England waters in the winter. But as their numbers have grown after passage of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, an increasing number of seals crowded out of Maine and Massachusetts waters have been looking to make southern New England their permanent homes. As many as 100,000 harbor seals can be found in New England waters, and yet what is known about these mammals is very little... In addition to the harbor seals, there are between 5,000 and 7,000 gray seals that usually haul out in the winter to Muskeget Island, located between Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, to have their pups. There are also a number of harp and hooded seals that researchers believe are breeding in Canadian waters and only coming down to New England during certain times of the year, said Gordon Waring, a research fisheries biologist at the National Marine Fisheries Service... Maritime Aquarium officials received a handful of calls from residents last winter saying they had a seal on their property... Just a little pleasant New Year's news, from someone who used to sing duets with the seals of Monteray. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #10 I've got only one thing for Pamela Anderson.......... interferon. |
| Posted by: Floting Granter5198 2005-01-02 11:54:09 PM |
| #9 In honor of Pam's post (above)... |
| Posted by: .com 2005-01-02 5:17:59 PM |
| #8 Does this mean we can club the babies again? |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-01-02 5:09:47 PM |
| #7 Argh. I have this thing about misspelling "Monterey". But I just cannot imagine *this* many seals doing their thing. I kind of have a mental picture of an olympic swimming pool filled with dozens of swimming giant dachshunds. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-01-02 4:52:18 PM |
| #6 The seal oil futures market is now open. What am I bid on 100 contracts due April first? |
| Posted by: Old Fogey 2005-01-02 3:28:23 PM |
| #5 tw - Lol! |
| Posted by: .com 2005-01-02 3:28:08 PM |
| #4 Gosh, you mean to say that GLOBAL WARMING isn't causing Massive Species Extinction??? Sorry. I've got myself under control now. I won't let it happen again. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-01-02 3:24:47 PM |
| #3 Or Canadians with clubs. |
| Posted by: Pamela Anderson (for PETA) 2005-01-02 1:52:13 PM |
| #2 They need to bring in some polar bears to control the population. |
| Posted by: RWV 2005-01-02 1:11:40 PM |
| #1 This has to mean that the fisheries are also recovering, or the seals would NOT be growing in numbers...... I.E, No food! |
| Posted by: leaddog2 2005-01-02 1:09:24 PM |
