Reproductive parameters of Greenland Sea hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) females 1958-1999 – clues to the lack of population recovery?

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Hooded seals are large deep-diving seals inhabiting both the Western and Eastern North Atlantic (Northwest Atlantic stock and Greenland Sea stock, respectively). They have a varied diet mainly comprised by bathypelagic fish but also including some squid and crustaceans (mainly in juveniles). Several commercial fish species such as Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides), redfish (Sebastes spp.), capelin (Mallotus villosus) and greater argentine (Argentina silus) are known to be preyed upon by hooded seals