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Seals do eat Atlantic salmon as well as herring, cod, hake, and other species.
However, no information is available as to what, if any, impact seal predation has on wild salmon populations. Seals have been implicated in damage to salmon aquaculture pens and escape of cultured salmon into the wild. Despite these observations, there is little factual information on the roles seals play in the decline of wild salmon in Maine. Three species of seals are abundant in the Gulf of Maine . . . The three species of seals are commonly found in the Gulf of Maine are the harbor seal, the gray seal, and the harp seal.