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Wrangell Borough Assembly preview: sea otter management and micromobility devices
08 Jul 2025 18:18 GMT
… Southeast Alaska’s shellfish commercial fisheries at Tuesday’s meeting. … to manage the sea otter population in order to … The proposal states that sea otters severely “deplete local shellfish … Act regulations for selling sea otter pelts.
Borough Manager Mason …
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Are there enough for a hunt? Sea otters threaten food sources in coastal communities, say Nuu-chah-nulth leaders
03 Jul 2025 03:22 GMT
… Ha’wiih Forum on Fisheries, which was hosted by … said MacConnachie during the fisheries meeting. “The reason why … otters,” noted Ahousaht representative Kiista, Keith Atleo, during the fisheries … Canada currently gives sea otters a “special concern” …
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Sea Otter: Endangered Species Spotlight
17 Jun 2025 01:19 GMT
… historic feeding interactions. For commercial fisheries that have come to rely … expanding sea otter populations. A report funded by the fishing industry in Alaska … tribes, governments, environmental groups and fishery representatives to determine the most …
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Otter attacks leave four clam collectors injured in Vembanad Lake
10 Jun 2025 15:11 GMT
… injuries after being attacked by otters while working in the Vembanad … lakeside, were bitten by otters. Although the fisheries department was alerted, no … . However, the increasing threat of otter attacks is severely affecting the …
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GFP wants more river otters trapped in eastern counties
06 Jun 2025 02:45 GMT
… to consider relocating some river otters to the Little White River … Dakota, Kanta said that river otters are gradually spreading on their … >
<p>State fisheries chief John Lott spoke in … to Lott. He said state fishery biologists don't believe …
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Sea otters to get another chance in Oregon and Northern California
01 Jun 2025 07:46 GMT
… and the red abalone fishery in Northern California closed after … abundance translates directly to sea otters’ cascading impacts on the … has shown that sea otters benefit estuaries and sloughs, … translates directly to sea otters’ cascading impacts on the …
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Otter Ferry secures funding to ramp up halibut hatchery
17 Apr 2025 09:54 GMT
… production of juvenile halibut.
Otter Ferry Seafish was established … internationally as a leading aquaculture research centre and continues … buying halibut juveniles from Otter Ferry for the past … Barge, managing director at Otter Ferry Seafish, added: “We …
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Watch this otter’s reaction to a dead beaver
10 Apr 2025 05:01 GMT
… Contributor Allie Ladd caught the otter’s reaction on his … trail camera in late March.
Otters generally eat live prey, … Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
Otters are not only … their nervousness, making this otter’s behavior seem even odder …
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Fisheries Department monitoring toxic algae in B.C. waters as hundreds of dolphins, sea lions die in California
03 Apr 2025 13:49 GMT
In California, the toxin may be accumulating over time in anchovies, which doesn’t affect the fish but can seriously harm or kill the sea lions and dolphins feeding on them, said Haulena. However, it can also accumulate in shellfish and that’s when sea …
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Otters in Wyoming lose their protected status, but that doesn’t mean it’s open season
27 Feb 2025 22:01 GMT
… change is effective immediately.
Otters are now listed as nongame … from private landowners about otters getting into their private … research has shown that otters are highly sensitive to … fisheries, really world class, in all our waterways, but no otters …