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THE
CITIZEN,
Prince
George
Wednesday,
June
15,
1977
Otters
make
comeback
The
success
of
a
five-year-old
international
operation
to
re-establish
sea
otter
populations
on
the
west
coast
of
Vancouver
Island
was
recently
confirmed
for
the
first
time.
Scientists
from
the
Pacific
Biological
Station
at
Nanaimo
reported
sighting
several
thriving
colonies
of
the
animals
in
the
general
area
where
sea
otters
from
Alaska
were
released
in
1969,
1970,
and
1972.
The
transplant
involved
scientists
and
technicians
from
federal
fisheries,
B.C.
Fish
and
Wildlife,
and
Alaska
Fish
and
Wildlife.
During
the
recent
sighting
female
sea
otters
were
observed
with
young,
which
scientists
say
indicates
strongly
that
the
transplant
has
taken.
Sea
otters
were
captured
near
Amchitka
Island
in
Alaska
for
the
transplant
and
were
shipped
to
Bunsby
Island
are
aboard
a
federal
research
vessel,
the
G.B.
Reed.
The
former
abundance
of
the
sea
otter,
which
possesses
perhaps
the
most
valuable
coat
of
any
furbearer,
declined
drastically
in
the
19th
Century
as
a
result
of
commercial
harvesting.
By
the
early
1900s,
only
a
handful
of
the
animals
remained.
The
last
native
sea
otter
was
seen
on
the
west
coast
in
1929.
The
transplanted
sea
otter
population
is
fully
protected
under
provincial
fish
and
wildlife
legislation.
Sea
otters
feed
on
a
variety
of
mollusks,
sea
urchins
and
kelp,
but
variations
in
their
diet
depend
upon
the
greatest
v
concentration
of
individual
foods.
Sea
otters
are
not
particularly
fast
swimmers.
Fish
are
not
considered
to
be
a
part
of
their
diet.
Abalone,
sea
urchins
and
sea
mussels
appear
to
constitute
their
principle
food.
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