Review Panel Questions Science on Steller Sea Lions

Photo Courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

For years, scientists and fishermen alike have wondered why the Steller sea lion stock in the western Aleutians continues to shrink. A new report from the States of Alaska and Washington doesn’t definitively answer that question, but it does criticize the federal government’s approach to reviving that population through the closure of commercial fisheries.

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