Decline of the steller sea lion in alaskan waters: untangling food webs and fishing nets
Auteur :
National Research Council / Division on Earth and Life Studies / Polar Research Board / Ocean Studies Board / Committee on the Alaska Groundfish Fishery and Steller Sea Lions
Éditeur :
National Academies Press
ISBN :
9780309086325
Date de publication :
4 avr. 2003
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
For an unknown reason, the Steller sea lion population in Alaska has declined by 80% over the past three decades. The report recommends a management strategy that could help determine the impact of fisheries on sea lion survival—establishing open and closed fishing areas around sea lion rookeries.