[DOC] [TLE] Sea Otter | Basic Facts about Sea Otters | Defenders of Wildlife [PAR] Sea otters are a keystone species, meaning their role in their environment has a 
... Sea otters live in shallow coastal waters off the northern Pacific. ... Southern 
sea otters, also known as California sea otters, live in the waters along the ... The 
Golden state is home to millions of wild birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and
... [DOC] [TLE] Sea Otter | Threats to Sea Otters | Defenders of Wildlife [PAR] When sea otters come into contact with oil, it causes their fur to mat, which ... area 
compared to other sea otter populations, the California sea otter is especially ... is 
actually driving a decline in the northern and southern parts of the population. ... 
Pollution on land runs off into the ocean, contaminating the sea otters' habitat. [DOC] [TLE] sea otter distribution - Kids' Planet [PAR] Historically, sea otters were found from the Japanese Archipelago north to the 
Kuril. Islands ... found off the coasts of central and southern California. Sea otter... [DOC] [TLE] NUMBER 29 - Friends of the Sea Otter [PAR] Although winter along the California coast had .... ommended that the Southern 
sea otter remain listed as ... SOS and their attorneys unequivocally state, The .... 
territory in the waters off Hopkins Marine Station.Why ... that the barge she was 
towing, ferrying 50,000 barrels ..... originate in the northern part of the Sale area. [DOC] [TLE] QQQQQWM - Friends of the Sea Otter [PAR] though there are many groups working at little pieces ofthe problem. ... to protect 
the California sea otter, thatwe all adore, we must put our major .... the southern 
sea otter population and habitat to ensure maximum ... allowable by state and 
federal law. While it has ..... a clam-filled coastal lagoon off Monterey Bay, 
California. [DOC] [TLE] Annual Report (1981) - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [PAR] (polar bear, sea otter, and marine otter), Pinnipedia (walrus), and Sirenia .... in 
Section 109 (grants to States for developing and implementing protection ... The 
u.s. Geological Survey extended the cut-off date for seismic operations ... Georgia
; and the central and northern California coast. ... tion of the southern sea otter. [DOC] [TLE] Endangered, Threatened, and Depleted Marine Mammals in U.S. ... [PAR] otters are listed as threatened under the ESA and endangered on the IUCN Red 
List. .... extinction worldwide and to prohibit their importation into the United 
States. ..... Southern sea otters are considered as depleted under the MMPA 
because of their ...... waters off California; and (3) assess blue whale distribution 
and stock... [DOC] [TLE] Full Paper - Oregon State University [PAR] California sea otter-urchin system and the related urchin ... controlling the harvest 
of their prey. ... The trade-off between maintaining the predator ... this issue more 
poignant than in the case of the Northern ... The Southern sea otter was once 
abundant in California's ... population in California are between 2,300 and 2,500. [DOC] [TLE] C:\Ystuff\Chapter 3fin.wpd - NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region [PAR] shoreline off Cape Mendocino, Point Sur, and in the Southern California Bight; 
and widest from ..... In the northern extent of their range, fish mature at an older 
age ..... The State of California manages the California halibut resource off its 
coast .... rockfish, harbor seals, California sea lions, sea otters, elephant seals, 
Dall's. [DOC] [TLE] Marine Mammals  Introduction - Alaska Department of Fish and ... [PAR] The group acknowledged that although all marine mammals in the waters off 
Alaska ... efforts to revise their recovery or conservation plans would focus 
attention on ... stock of northern sea otters, both of which have experienced 
dramatic ... State range comments: Five stocks in Alaska: Beaufort Sea, Eastern 
Chukchi Sea,. [DOC] [TLE] Status and Distribution of Sea Otters in Alaska - JStor [PAR] The original distribution of sea otters, Enhydra lutris, included the coastal ... 
Peninsula to southern California. .... In view of the scanty information, however, I 
am not able to state that there are sea ...

Question: There are about 2,500 Southern sea otters off the California coast & 50,000 Northern sea otters off this state
Answer: Alaska