[22] The high predation pressure has clear impacts on the demography and life history of crabeater seals, and has likely had an important role in shaping social behaviors, including aggregation of subadults. (en.wikipedia.org)
The Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals allows limited hunting of crabeater seals, leopard seals and Weddell seals. (en.wikipedia.org)
Young crabeater seals experience significant predation by leopard seals. (en.wikipedia.org)