Weight: 90 to 215 kg, males being larger.. The results of the study provide key data on the population of the South American fur seal population in the Falklands. Monitoring Populations. Name: Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella). Conservation status: Least Concern.. New Zealand fur seal . Overall, the brown fur seal population numbers are increasing today, and this species is classified as least concern (LC).
Length: 2 metres. Population: the last total population estimate was 200,000 in 2001.It will be higher now, but unknown by how much. A Cape fur seal basks in the sun along the Namibian coast. Found on: rocky shores throughout mainland New Zealand, the Chatham Islands, and the subantarctic islands, as well as parts of Australia. The New Zealand fur seal ('Kekeno' in New Zealand) occurs all around the coast of New Zealand, breeding mainly in the South Island (Taylor et al, 1995), and also on neighbouring offshore Islands extending towards the Antarctic fringe (Bonner, 1994). New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) IUCN status (2008): Least Concern . The Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus, also called the brown fur seal) is the largest fur seal species. According to the IUCN Red List, the total South American fur seal population size is about 238,000 individuals, including approximately 109,500 mature individuals. Location: Antarctic Fur Seals are widely distributed in the Southern Ocean near the Antarctic Convergence.Most of the population breeds on South Georgia but also on other sub-Antarctic islands. The latest estimates for seal populations found in Canada: Harp seal: 7.4 million individuals; Grey seal: 505,000 individuals Ecological niche Males reach lengths of about 7 feet and weights of over 600 pounds, while females are much smaller, reaching about 5.6 feet in length and 172 pounds in weight. Threat status: least concern (population trend: increasing). 60,000, but this is almost certainly an underestimate. The largest northern fur seal breeding population is found on the Pribilof Islands in the southern Bering Sea. Recent work in Otago has shown there was a population increase of 25% per year between 1982 and 1994 and surveys in 1995 indicated this was continuing. Diet: Krill, squid, fish, penguins. Weight: 90 to 215 kg, males being larger.. In fact, harp and grey seals are so abundant there are concerns about over-population, and without a properly planned, sustainable harvest, the seal herd will be managed by nature, via starvation and disease. During the past decade the country has exported nearly 400,000 seal skins for the commercial “wild fur” trade.
Other rookeries are on Bogoslof Island in the Bering Sea, San Miguel Island and the Farallon Islands in California, and in Russia. Seals are very good swimmers and weaned pups will sometimes travel great distances.
According to the IUCN Red List, the total number of brown fur seals is 2,120,000 individuals, being 2,000,000 Cape fur seals and 120,000 Australian fur seals.
Name: Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella). In New Zealand, minimum estimates of the fur seal population are 50 ? The Pribilof Islands’ northern fur seal population was listed as depleted in June 1988 under the MMPA, meaning that this stock is below its optimum sustainable population level. Location: Antarctic Fur Seals are widely distributed in the Southern Ocean near the Antarctic Convergence.Most of the population breeds on South Georgia but also on other sub-Antarctic islands. Diet: Krill, squid, fish, penguins.
Length: 2 metres. The total estimated population of the South American fur seal, Arctocephalus australis, is between 300,000-450,000 ranging from Peninsula Paracas in southern Peru to the coast of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil. The large northern fur seal, found in chilly northern waters, was hunted to near extinction during the 19th century. Distribution and population size .
Conservation status: Least Concern.. The study analyzed the Antarctic fur seal population of South Georgia Island, which was observed over the last three decades, to see how climate change is affecting the species. Currently this species is classified as Least Concern (LC) and its numbers today increasing. Population.