When you see a Gray Seal you should expect to see a medium sized seal with a gray to almost black color and a long snout.It might make a noise that sounds like barking. That is how the Gray Seals communicate, or give their pack a warning.

The Gray Seal can reach up to 8-10 feet long. A female Gray Seal lives up to 35 years and the male Gray Seal lives up to 25 years. The female Gray Seal is stronger than the male Gray Seal because she has to hold baby Gray Seals in her stomach.

Gray Seals like to live near shore on a rocky coast, such as southern New England. The Gray Seals around the Atlantic are killed. It is legal to hunt Gray Seals. Because there are so many of them in the Atlantic people can shoot as many as they want, but only if the seal is in their traps. If they were in the traps and broke them then the person that owned that trap would have to get a knew trap. Only in the Atlantic you can shoot a Gray Seal.