At the moment, various different research projects are being carried out by researchers and SRRC employees:

• The SRRC database, with details about all the seals that were rehabilitated at the SRRC over the last 25 years, is being analysed. Among other things, we are looking at issues such as pathology, chances of survival and quality of rehabilitation. In this way, changes in rehabilitation (such as chances of survival and treatment), changes in the natural habitat (such as pollution and fishing tackle), but also changes in seal population (such as the percentage of sick animals) can become clear. At the same time, we are also analysing the data about stranded porpoises, consisting of hundreds of autopsy-reports over a period of 25 years.
• With the help of different research methods, the food ecology of common and grey seals is being studied. This is a long term investigation that will continue to go on during the following years.
• In cooperation with the State University of Groningen, two master research projects on marine biology are being carried out. The first project researches the antibody-titre of different viruses in seals. The second project researches the behaviour and wellbeing of seals during their stay at the SRRC.
• In cooperation with the Technical University of Delft we are researching the effects of transmitters, which are being stuck on seals" fur or skin. Sadly, the cause for this investigation was the death of a seal, which had been kitted out with a satellite transmitter in 2005.
• Veterinary research is important for the care and treatment of seals. At the moment, parasites are being researched and much attention is being paid to the fine-tuning of treatment methods.
• Through years of monitoring seals, we have gained insight into the condition of seal populations, habitat and health.
• At the moment, the final work is being done on a exceptional dissertation about seal hunting in the Netherlands. This will be the seventh doctoral research taking place at the SRRC.
• Human activities often conflict with the presence of seals. The SRRC is researching what activities pose a threat to seals, to what degree and is trying to find solutions. Within this framework, much research is carried out about seals (and other marine mammals) that get caught up in fishnets or swallow fishhooks, and the damage that does. In relation to this, the best methods of treatment for fish tackle wounding are being studied.