Students from Kaynor Tech are entering their 7th year with The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk in their study of seals in Long Island Sound. Photos of the students show them aboard Project Oceanology’s research vessel surveying harbor seals at certain locations in Fisher’s Island Sound. This year’s study is comparing various seal haul-out sites along the Connecticut coastline and why some areas contain a larger population of seals. On this particular cruise, the researchers and students used binoculars and counted over 280 harbor seals resting on the rocks and bottling in the water.

The Kaynor Tech research team along with other Connecticut and New York schools will present their results from the seal studies at the Harbor Seal Symposium on June 9th at 9:00 am in The Maritime Aquarium’s IMAX Theatre. The Symposium is free and open to the public.