Web Extra: Bottom of a Mystery

Alaska Public Media

Published March 19, 2008 at 8:16 PM AKDT

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For decades, scientists have struggled to get to the bottom of a mystery on St. Paul Island. Starting in the 1950s the fur seal population began a slow decline -- one that continued even after commercial seal harvesting was banned in the 1980s.This story originally appeared in AK: On the Bottom on 20 Oct 2007.Annie Feidt, APRN - St. Paul Island