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Winter is here in Virginia, and so are the seals!
Atlantic
AFTT
NAVFAC
Gray seal
Harbor seal
Photo ID
Visual surveys
N/A
January 21, 2025
NAVFAC LANT researchers are back at it for the 11th field season of monitoring gray and harbor seals at two major haul-out locations in southeastern Virginia.
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Aerial Surveys to Confirm Seal Haul-out Sites in Virginia
Atlantic
AFTT
HDR
NAVFAC Atlantic
Harbor seal
Visual surveys
N/A
January 14, 2025
Each fall/winter, some portion of the Northwest Atlantic harbor seal population that summers in New England make their way south to Virginia.
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Seal tagging resumes in Southeast Virginia
Atlantic
AFTT
HDR
Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC)
NOAA Fisheries Service
The Nature Conservancy
Atlantic Marine Conservation Society
MMoME
NAVFAC Atlantic
Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center Foundation
Gray seal
Harbor seal
Photo ID
Tagging
March 10, 2022
Seal tagging returns following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pinniped season has begun in SE Virginia
Atlantic
AFTT
Student Conversation Association
NAVFAC Atlantic
Gray seal
Harbor seal
Photo ID
Visual surveys
October 27, 2021
Camera traps have been installed to track seals in Virginia.
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Seal Tagging Team Win!
Atlantic
AFTT
HDR
Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC)
NAVFAC
NOAA Fisheries Service
The Nature Conservancy
Atlantic Marine Conservation Society
MMoME
Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center Foundation
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Harbor seal
Tagging
February 6, 2018
Successful seal tag deployment on the Eastern Shore of VA.
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First Harbor Seal Haul-Out Survey of the Season in Virginia
Atlantic
AFTT
NAVFAC
The Nature Conservancy
Harbor seal
Photo ID
Visual surveys
December 19, 2017
Seals have arrived in Virginia
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Seals of Rhode Island and Virginia
Atlantic
AFTT
Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC)
NAVFAC
The Nature Conservancy
NAVFAC Atlantic
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Gray seal
Harbor seal
Photo ID
February 17, 2016
Two projects studying harbor seals on the east coast.
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Current
Time-lapse Camera Surveys of Pinnipeds in Southeastern Virginia
Atlantic
AFTT
Project Objectives
Document seasonal occurrence, habitat use, and haul-out patterns of seals
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