SEA OTTER (Enhydra lutris kenyoni)

The northern sea otter, Enhydra lutris kenyoni, historically ranged throughout the North Pacific, from Asia along the Aleutian Islands, originally as far north as the Pribilof Islands and in the eastern Pacific Ocean from the Alaska Peninsula south along the coast to Oregon (Wilson et al. 1991). In...

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Main Authors: Washington Stock, U. S. Fish, Wildlife Service
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2008
Subjects:
Peninsula coast (Jameson et al. 1982
Jameson et al
Amchitka
Amchitka Island
Pacific
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.523.7035
http://www.fws.gov/wafwo/newsroom/WA_NSO_SAR_Aug2008_final.pdf
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Summary:The northern sea otter, Enhydra lutris kenyoni, historically ranged throughout the North Pacific, from Asia along the Aleutian Islands, originally as far north as the Pribilof Islands and in the eastern Pacific Ocean from the Alaska Peninsula south along the coast to Oregon (Wilson et al. 1991). In Washington, areas of sea otter concentration were reported from the Columbia River to along the Olympic Peninsula coast (Scheffer 1940). Sea otters were extirpated from most of their range during the 1700s and 1800s as the species was exploited for its fur. Washington’s sea otter population was extirpated by the early 1900s. In 1969 and 1970, a total of 59 sea otters were captured at Amchitka Island, Alaska, and released near Point Grenville and LaPush off Washington’s Olympic

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