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...where harbor seal populations have declined.Jon Kurland, assistant regional administrator for the agency's protected resources division, acknowledged that the issue of harbor seal disturbance has been around for years but said court-mandated...
...between 1976 and 1990. It decreased another 40 percent between 1991 and 2000, according to the agency's Office of Protected Resources website.Federal managers seeking to protect sea lions have placed restrictions on commercial fishing in the Aleutians...
...written comments via mail, fax or email.Comments may be mailed to: James H. Lecky, Director, NOAA Office of Protected Resources, 1315 East West Highway, Room 13704, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Fax comments to 301-713-0376, or email...
...untangled four or five in 15 years. Anyone who spots the whale is asked to call the Alaska Regional Office of Protected Resources at 586-7235. Tara Sidor can be reached at tara.sidor@juneauempire.com
...sea lion recovery plan Deadline : July 24. Address comments to: Kaja Brix, Assistant regional administrator, Protected Resources Division, Alaska Region, NMFS, Attn: Ellen Walsh. By e-mail: SSLRP@noaa.gov , including in the subject...
...animal. The whale was struck with enough force to sever its skull from its spine, said Michael Payne, head of protected resources with the National Marine Fisheries Service in Juneau. Payne led an examination team after the whale washed ashore...
...them recover. The research includes population monitoring and foraging and behavior patterns, said Kaja Brix, protected resources division director at the National Marine Fisheries Service's Alaska region office. "The lack of ability to...
...move forward in the near future" on the recommendations, said Aleria Jensen, a marine mammal specialist in the protected resources division. "This is a high priority issue for us." Cruise ships and other elements of large-scale tourism...
...about those species as well," said Kaya Brix, the National Marine Fisheries Service's Alaska region chief for protected resources. Almost 1,000 sea lions, a few whales and harbor seals and thousands of gulls and eagles descend on Berners...
...management measures that might be implemented, and research that would address the decline," said Kaja Brix, head of protected resources for the National Marine Fisheries Service in Alaska. Seafood processors vote to raise taxes ANCHORAGE - Beginning...