Saimaa ringed seal nest count begins in Finland
The annual count of endangered Saimaa ringed seal nests has begun. The count aims to provide an estimate of how
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Lake Saimaa
NGOs seek stricter fishing rules to protect Finland’s endangered Saimaa seals
New regulations have been proposed to restrict fishing in the habitat of the endangered Saimaa seals, one of the world’s
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Saimaa seal population believed to have grown in Finland
Mild weather and melting ice cover disrupted the spring count, but more pups may have been born than the year
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Saimaa seal population on the rise in Finland
Recent heavy snowfall and large drifts have created ideal conditions for the dens where the endangered Saimaa ringed seal raise
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Finland’s Saimaa seal population on the increase
Saimaa ringed seal populations are slowly growing, estimates state-owned forest-management enterprise Metsähallitus. The organisation says that the populace of the
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Critical winter for Finland’s Saimaa seal
Nesting for the endangered Saimaa ringed seal is under threat from rising waters and a lack of ice and snow.
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