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A young “blueback” hooded seal rests on an ice floe. Prized for their pelts, meat, and oils, hooded seals have not been legally traded within the European Union since 1983.
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A young “blueback” hooded seal rests on an ice floe. Prized for their pelts, meat, and oils, hooded seals have not been legally traded within the European Union since 1983.
A young “blueback” hooded seal rests on an ice floe. Prized for their pelts, meat, and oils, hooded seals have not been legally traded within the European Union since 1983.

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Also known as: Cystophora cristata, bladdernose seal
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Serge Lariviere
Director General, Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada.
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hooded seal, (Cystophora cristata), large grayish seal with dark spots that is found in open waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans. Hooded seals range from the Svalbard archipelago and the Barents Sea to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Average-sized adult males measure about 2.6 metres (8.5 feet) long and typically weigh between 300 and 400 kg (660 and 880 pounds), whereas average-sized females measure 2.2 metres (7 feet) and weigh between 160 and 230 kg (350 and 500 pounds). Hooded seals are named for the nasal ornamentation occurring in sexually mature males. Hanging like a wrinkled sac when ...(100 of 487 words)

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