New Stock Assessments Emphasize Southwest Alaska Sea Otter Decline

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has prepared revised marine mammal stock assessment reports for sea otter, polar bear and Pacific walrus in Alaska. These draft reports are available for a public review and comment period, which will end on June 26, 2002. Interested parties may contact the Marine Mammals Management Office, 1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99503 for copies of the reports, or can view them online at