The status of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in Norway
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Information on the past and present distribution of grey
seals in Norway is reviewed. The distribution of breeding
seals is discontinous with the highest abundance now found
between 63°N and 68°N and a concentration in Sør-Trøndelag
county.
Surveys through the last decade, which are still not
complete, add up to a minimum estimate of about 3,500 grey
seals along the outer Norwegian coastline. However, a figure
around 7,000 probably is more realistic for the total stock.
The timing of the breeding season varies along the coast
without any definite latitudinal cline.