National Park Service

Pacific Harbor Seal (Phoca Vitulina Richardii) Monitoring at Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area: 2007 Annual Report National Park Service

The information presented in this report is a summary of the harbor seal data collected at Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area during the 2007 breeding and molting seasons, March-July. Summary data collected as part of a region-wide survey effort, including adjacent areas (San Francisco Bay, San Mateo County and Sonoma County) where NPS surveys were conducted in conjunction with other agencies and organizations for 2007, are also presented. This report is not intended to analyze long-term trends in the harbor seal data set, which are more appropriately investigated at five year intervals (i.e. Allen et al. 2004). Furthermore, this document is not intended to report on or analyze data specific to NPS management issues related to harbor seals.