Aerial surveys of freshwater harbor seals in Iliamna Lake, Alaska: 2017–2018

Since 1984, flights have been conducted over Iliamna Lake on an intermittent basis by local, state, and federal agencies (Boveng et al. 2018). Scientists at the Marine Mammal Laboratory (MML), a division of NOAA-NMFS’ Alaska Fisheries Science Center, began a more consistent survey schedule in 2005 and have since conducted 11 years of surveys over Iliamna Lake (in 2005, 2008–2015, and 2017–2018). In this report, we summarize results from aerial surveys of harbor seals in Iliamna Lake conducted by the MML’s Polar Ecosystems Program in the spring and summer of 2017 and the summer of 2018. 2019 NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) AFSC (Alaska Fisheries Science Center) JISAO (Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean) Submitted https://doi.org/10.25923/t8ex-pk13 Public Domain 1930