1.   It adds that there is evidence that seal populations themselves are now in decline.

2.   There are now fears that it could threaten the endangered monk seal population.

3.   It warns that seal populations are decreasing, particularly that of the harp seal, and that the hunt could exacerbate this.

4.   As seal populations explode, people are going to be seeing a lot more of them this summer.

5.   Boness and his co-workers are now attempting to test the gray seal population on their own study site, Sable Island near Nova Scotia.

6.   Biologists and government officials here say the seal population is expanding so rapidly that many more could be hunted without threatening the species.

7.   Canine distemper virus from domesticated dogs apparently killed a significant fraction of seal populations in Antarctica and Siberia.