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Interior says survival of sea otters in southwest Alaska threatened

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February 5, 2004 - WASHINGTON – The Interior Department said Thursday the survival of sea otters in southwest Alaska is threatened and proposed adding them to the government's endangered species list.

If the proposal were adopted, it would lead to a recovery plan requiring conservation efforts for the northern sea otter. It inhabits waters in the western Gulf of Alaska stretching toward the Bering Sea, including the Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Islands and Kodiak Island.

"No one is certain yet what is causing this, but listing this population as 'threatened' under the Endangered Species Act will be an important step in discovering the reasons and reversing the decline," Interior Secretary Gale Norton said.

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