Nature and Travel
| Morgunblaðið
| Sat 2 Feb 2019
| 10.01 GMT
Seals in Icelandic waters on the increase
A seal in the ocean off the North coast of Iceland. mbl.is/Þorkell Þorkelsson
The seal population in the ocean of Iceland is on the increase. According to new figures there were 6.300 seals in the year 2017 which is an increase of 2.100 seals since the year 2012.
At the same time however there is a decrease in inland seals.
