pinniped

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• Its frequency of occurrence in the pinniped diet reflects seasonal changes in availability.

  Academic text (2000)

• The larger herring stocks of central California, notably San Francisco Bay, are also utilized by pinnipeds.

  Academic text (2000)

• The most intensive fishing period then overlapped little with the period of greatest pinniped population increase in that area.

  Academic text (2000)

• There may be greater concern over the potential impact of expanding pinniped populations on commercial fisheries, rather than the reverse.

  Academic text (2000)

• Seven of those animals make the New England Aquarium's new harbor-side pinniped exhibit their home.

  Blog text (15)

• Most of these pinniped populations have grown exponentially since the passage of the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act in 1972.

  Academic text (2000)

• Potential biological interactions between pinnipeds and fisheries should be considered within a broader ecological context.

  Academic text (2000)

• Four pinniped species occur in New England: harbor seals, gray seals, harp seals, and occasionally, hooded seals.

  Academic text (2000)

• Pinniped predation is highest during the fall-winter spawning season, which coincides with the fishery.

  Academic text (2000)

• Pinniped sightings included 46 bearded seals, 32 ringed seals, 559 walruses, and 3 unidentified pinnipeds.

  Academic text (1997)

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