0 a type of seal (= a large mammal that eats fish and lives partly in the sea and partly on land) that is found in the North Atlantic, and that is grey with dark marks on its back:
Harp seals are hunted commercially in Canada, Greenland, Russia, and Norway.
The practice of clubbing harp seal pups, or "whitecoats", was only recently prohibited by the Canadian government.
Conservation efforts have led to an increase in the harp seal population.
