Scientists to monitor site
Scientists want to monitor the seals’ growth, body conditions, age and sex-composition, and breeding potential, to ensure that this vulnerable species continues to escape extinction.Photo: Andrew Trites
Another established resting site
Now another established resting or “haul-out” site has been found on El Fallarón de San Ignacio Island on the eastern side of the Gulf of California. Photo: Jorge Paul Orduño García
Only one breeding location
There is only breeding location for these seals on Guadalupe Island, in the Pacific Ocean, with another established haul-out nearby on the San Benito Islands. Photo: Jorge Paul Orduño García
“Eared” seals
Dark brown to grayish-black, Guadalupe fur seals are members of the ‘eared seal’ family (Otariidae), and have visible earflaps (pinnae). Photo credit: Luis M Burciaga
Artisan fishers near El Fallarón de San Ignacio Island
El Fallarón de San Ignacio Island on the eastern side of the Gulf of California, is also an important artisan fisheries site, and researchers want to monitor the area closely so that no conflict occurs. Photo credit: Photo: Jorge Paul Orduño García
Sexual dimorphism in Guadalupe fur seals
Sexual dimorphism – males being larger than females – in Guadalupe fur seals. Photo credit: Luis M Burciaga
Guadalupe fur seal
Hunted nearly to extinction for their fur, these seals have increased in number since the 1950s. Photo credit: Luis M Burciaga
Getting a step closer to understanding how Chinook salmon live
Stable isotope analysis can peel back the curtain to give scientists a view of where fish spend their time, what they’ve been eating, and how they are interacting with other species.
The Killers of California and Oregon
Thirteen years of photo-identification data of killer whales observed in California and Oregon provide new insights into the distribution and population structure of mammal-eating killer whales in the eastern North Pacific Ocean.
A few missing fish: US West Coast recreational and discarded catches
United States of America lacks international reporting of recreational catches and fish discarded at sea, which may hinder proper ecosystem-based management efforts