Cystophora cristata, Hooded seal : fisheries
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Cystophora cristata   (Erxleben, 1777)

Hooded seal

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Mammalia | Carnivora | Phocidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Bathydemersal; depth range 0 - 1652 m (Ref. 137934), usually 100 - 600 m (Ref. 137934).  Temperate; 84°N - 43°N, 83°W - 178°E

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northern Atlantic and the Arctic: from Baffin Bay to Canada, Norway and north to Svalbard, to Eastern Siberian Sea. Temperate to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 260 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1394); 200 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 400.0 kg (Ref. 1394); max. published weight: 400.0 kg

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Feeds on squids and fishes (Ref. 1394). Feeds on squids and fishes (Ref. 1394).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber 1993 FAO species Identification Guide: Marine Mammals of the World. Rome, FAO. 320 p. + 587 figures. (Ref. 1394)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Endangered (EN) (A2a); Date assessed: 09 May 2025

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: species profile, landings search; Publication: search | FIRMS (Stock assessments) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Fisheries: species profile, landings search; Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Resilience
(Ref. 69278):		 Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.16-0.2)
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 Very high vulnerability (76 of 100).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):		 Unknown.