Science & Data

Map and GIS data representing critical habitat for the Arctic subspecies of ringed seals.

This map shows the proposed critical habitat for the Arctic subspecies of the ringed seal.

These shapefiles correspond to the proposed critical habitat for the Arctic subspecies of the ringed seal.

The Alaska Fisheries Science Center's ringed seal data sets are available on the NOAA Fisheries Open Data Portal.

The Alaska Fisheries Science Center's ice seal (bearded, ringed, spotted and ribbon seals) data sets are available on the NOAA Fisheries Open Data Portal.

Separate Biological Review Teams (BRTs) were convened by NOAA Fisheries to assess the best available information concerning the status of bearded, ringed, ribbon, and spotted seals along with past, present, and future threats to each of these species in response to petitions filed by the Center for Biological Diversity. The petitions sought to list these ice-associated seals as threatened or endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, primarily due to concern about threats to the species' habitat from climate warming and diminishing ice cover.

Ice-associated seal research survey in the central Bering Sea.

Ice-associated seal research survey in the central Bering Sea.

Ice-associated seal research survey in the central Bering Sea.

Ice-associated seal research survey in the central Bering Sea.