Evidence of autumnal Harbour Seal, Phoca vitulina, movement from Canada to the United States

Abstract

Harbour seals, Phoca vitulina concolor , in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, may move to New England during the autumn. Aerial counts of seals on haul-out sites along the Bay of Fundy coast revealed a linear decrease in numbers (75%) from mid-October to mid-December. A simultaneous, linear increase of the same order of magnitude was observed at the southern end of their range in New England.