Northern Fur Seals
Northern Fur Seals in Alaska
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Conservation Plan
Northern fur seals on Bogoslof Island. Photo: Michael Williams, permit #782-1708, NOAA Fisheries
- Conservation plan for the Eastern Pacific stock of northern fur seal, December 2007
- 72 FR 73766, December 28, 2007. Notice of Availability of Final Eastern Pacific Northern Fur Seal Stock Conservation Plan
- Related Documents
- Draft Conservation Plan for the Eastern Pacific Stock of Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus), May 2006
- 71 FR 32306, June 5, 2006. Notice of Availability for the Draft Conservation Plan. Comment period through August 4, 2006.
- Conservation Plan for the Northern Fur Seal, 1993 (11 MB)
- 53 FR 17888, May 18, 1988. Final rule designating the Pribilof Island population of North Pacific fur seals as depleted under the MMPA.
Management Analyses
- Biological Opinion on Activities Authorized on Steller Sea Lions and Northern Fur Seals, June 2007
- Final Programmatic EIS for Steller Sea Lion and Northern Fur Seal Research, May 2007
- Final Environmental Impact Statement - Setting the Annual Subsistence Harvest of Northern Fur Seals on the Pribilof Islands, May 2005
- Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Pribilof Islands Annual
Subsistence Harvest of Northern
Fur Seals to determine and
publish the Take Ranges, August
2004
- 69 FR 53915, September 3, 2004. Notice of Availability of the Draft EIS.
- 68 FR 36539, June 18, 2003. Notice of Intent to analyze the effects of the subsistence taking of northern fur seals on the Pribilof Islands.
Sub-adult male northern fur seal on Bogoslof Island. Photo: Michael Williams, permit #782-1708, NOAA Fisheries
Co-Management
Agreements
- Agreement Between the Aleut Community of St. George Island and NMFS, 2001
- Agreement Between the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island and NMFS, 2000
SubsistenceHarvest Reports
SubsistenceHarvest Estimates
- 73 FR 49616, August 22, 2008. Notice of annual fur seal subsistence harvests on St. George and St. Paul Islands for 2005 to 2007, and the annual estimates for the fur seal subsistence needs for 2008 through 2010. Effective September 22, 2008.
- 73 FR 31666, June 3, 2008. Summary of the annual fur seal subsistence harvests on the Pribilof Islands for 2005 to 2007, and proposed annual estimates of fur seal subsistence needs for 2008 through 2010 on the Pribilof Islands. Comment period through July 3, 2008.
- 71 FR 8222, February 16, 2006. Notice of final fur seal harvest estimates on St. George and St. Paul Islands (the Pribilof Islands) for 2002 to 2004, and the annual estimates for the fur seal subsistence needs from 2005 through 2007.
- 70 FR 41187, July 18, 2005. Notice of Availability of the Pribilof Islands annual fur seal subsistence harvests for 2002 to 2004, and the proposed annual estimates of fur seal subsistence needs for 2005 through 2007. Comment period through September 17, 2005.
- Proposed annual estimates of northern fur seal subsistence needs on the Pribilof Islands: 2000 - 2002
Research
- Fur Seal Disentanglement Project, Aleut Community of St. Paul Island, Tribal Government, Ecosystem Conservation Office (External Link)
Preventing Invasives
- Stop Rats in Alaska (External Link)
Research
Pribilof Islands Collaborative Northern Fur Seal Meeting
Presentations - January 28, 2005
World Wildlife Fund (WWF):
- WWF Presentations, Meeting Agenda and Other Agency Presentations (External Link)
NMFS Alaska Region:
- Draft Northern Fur Seal Conservation Plan Overview, Kaja Brix
- Overview of groundfish fisheries management in the Bering Sea, David Ackley
- Entanglement Studies, Northern Fur Seals, St. Paul Island, AK (1967-1992), Charles Fowler
- Beyond the Pribilofs: News from other neighborhoods, Rolf Ream
- Northern Fur Seal Status and Life History Overview, Rolf Ream