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Pinnipeds: Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries
Walruses, the only member of the family Odobenidae, are currently found in both Pacific and Atlantic Arctic ice pack areas, but in colonial times they were found as far south ... Service (USFWS) has jurisdiction over walruses. Main factors for decline Factors for decline of endangered and threatened pinnipeds include commercial hunting of seals from the 1700s to the early 1900s, coastal ...
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Seal Conservation Society: 1997 News Digest
September. (19 August 1997) Hooker's sea lion re-classified as 'threatened' - The New Zealand Minister of Conservation, Nick Smith, has announced that he has approved re-classification ... to unknown reasons. The Cap Blanc peninsula is the biggest breeding site for this highly endangered species and the estimated loss of 47% of the Cap Blanc population (74% of the adult population) ...
www.pinnipeds.org

SCS: Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina)
United States. The transmission of disease from humans to pinnipeds and pinnipeds to humans is an area of increasing interest. Brucellosis has been documented in harbour ... and federal wildlife managers to kill harbour seals that are preying on endangered fish species in Washington, Oregon and California. The report also recommended that authority be given to kill seals which ...
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NRDC: Wildlife Links
Endangered Species Program - Learn what the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is doing to protect endangered and threatened species and the ecosystems they depend on. Field Trip Earth - Take a virtual ... and study of the 33 different species of pinnipeds (seals, sea lions and walruses). World Wide Whale - Featuring facts and photos about marine mammals and the dangers they encounter, this site includes ...
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Marine strandings - EPA/QPWS
David Fleay's achievements Fleays Fauna Reserve after 1982 Threatened species and ecosystems For kids Nocturnal house School excursions Threatened plants and animals Extinct in the wild Extinct in the wild animals Endangered Endangered animals Endangered plants Vulnerable Vulnerable animals Vulnerable plants Near threatened Near threatened plants Rare Rare animals Rare plants Least concern How ...
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Threatened and Endangered Species - MarineBio.org
Endangered Species list it must first be on the Federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife and plants. Due to political pressures or time frames, species are often placed on a candidate list ... the list. The Steller’s Sea cow was lost forever shortly before the MMPA and ESA were implemented. Pinnipeds are seals, sea lions or walruses but are taxonomically relatives of bears, dogs, raccoons, ...
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Marine Mammal Commission
Caribbean monk seal is extinct and should be removed from the list of endangered and threatened species. Download a copy: PDF ( 2.5 MB) Date: January ... copy: PDF (63 KB) Date: January 27, 2006 Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding subsistence following the Marine Mammal Commission's 2005 Annual Meeting Download a copy ...
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Cetaceans: Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries
Status of Cetacean Species All cetaceans are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA); some may be designated as "depleted" under the MMPA. Endangered and threatened cetaceans are further protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The table below includes cetaceans that have been designated as depleted under the MMPA, including, by default, ESA-listed cetaceans. ...
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The Marine Mammal Center
Marin Headlands PIER 39 At Your Location: Whalebus Schedule a Program Marine Mammal Info Classification Pinnipeds Harbor Seals Nothern Elephant Seals California Sea Lions Steller Sea Lions Northern Fur Seals Guadalupe ... the western stock in Alaska was listed as endangered and the eastern stock of the Continental United States and Canada was listed as threatened. Reasons for this decline are not known ...
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Marine Mammal Commission: Letters
April 2, 2007 Comments and recommendations regarding applications from Oregon, Washington, and Idaho seeking lethal removal authority for pinnipeds preying on salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River. (view) ... with the conclusion that the Caribbean monk seal is extinct and should be removed from the list of endangered and threatened species. (view) (pdf,2.5 MB) January 29, 2007 Comments ...
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