4.9 Grey seal
Maintain conditions on reserve which encourage Grey Seals to breed successfully
1 Habitat management option A2 limited intervention
  • Monitor breeding beaches and caves and remove any pollutants eg.oil or oiled debris discarded net or rope.
  • Eliminate so far as is possible disturbance to the breeding beachesand haul-outs. Liase with Marine Reserve staff.
2 Study and research option C2 specialist facilities
  • monitor and record in detail the annual production of pups and the survival to first moult
  • Identify and record, where possible, the ocurrence of well marked individuals at the breeding beaches or haul outs.
  • Note- future management, study, research, education and interpretation for tghe Grey Seal will need to be planned and undertaken in close lliason with the CCW's marine reserve staff owing to the overlap in responsibilities
  • Promote studies which might provide further insight into the breed- biology of the seals on Skomer and in south west Wales generally.
3 Education and interpretation option D3 active publicity
  • Encourage understanding of seals, their requirements and their breeding biology by :-
    • display panels
    • literature in the Skomer guide and in species fact sheets.