This document contains a summary of a Steller sea lion relocation in Sitka, Alaska. For four days in 2018, groups and individuals worked to get the animal back to the water after it was observed approximately 200m from the shore.
Please call the NOAA Fisheries Alaska statewide 24-hour stranding hotline at (877) 925-7773 if you see stranded, injured, entangled, or dead whales in the water or on the beaches in the Alaska region.
NOAA Fisheries guidance for the immediate and effective protection, rescue, rehabilitation of, and the minimization of damage to, fish and wildlife resources and their habitat that are harmed or that may be jeopardized by a discharge.
Julie Speegle, (907) 586-7032
Nancy Deel (Alaska SeaLife Center), (907) 224-6375
Seward, AK (October 03, 2017) The Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) received a stranded male beluga whale calf from Cook Inlet on Saturday, September 30.
Case Study: Multi-Faceted Response to an Entangled Humpback Whale in Southeast Alaska August 23 to September 5, 2013. Alaska Marine Science Symposium poster.
Acting on Short-term Disturbance to Seals Amidst Uncertainty About Long-term Impacts and Vessel Compliance Under the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act. Alaska Marine Science Symposium poster.
