(11:55) Monterey – According to a new census report, at least a third of the harbor seals along the Monterey Peninsula have disappeared. Marine experts believe the harbor seals are gone because of a dwindling food source and warmer water temperatures. Over the last 18 months, fish have been swimming away to cooler areas of ocean leaving the seals, on the coast to starve. Water temperatures have recently started to stabilize and the census report said that most of the surviving adult seals do look healthier and better fed, but researchers said that could be survival of the fittest and it is unclear at their time if the food source is back.
