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Title: Pacific Nearshore Project: Catching Sea Otters in the Wild

Description:

How do you catch a sea otter? Very carefully. Researchers must use high-tech equipment and teamwork in order to safely capture these marine mammals and collect blood samples and conduct health exams as part of the Pacific Nearshore Project. The Pacific Nearshore Project is a multinational, multiagency project investigating sea otters as health indicators of coastal waters and marine resources from California north through Canada and Alaska. The project being conducted by researchers from an integrated partnership of world-class research institutions led by USGS. Learn more at http://on.doi.gov/nearshore.

Location: USA

Date Taken: 8/12/2010

Length: 3:53

Video Producer: Ben Young Landis , USGS Alaska Science Center, USGS Western Ecological Research Center

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Additional Video Credits:

George Esslinger
Martha Aimé Cardona
Ben Young Landis

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Tags: Alaska DrySuits MontereyBayAquarium PacificNearshoreProject ResearchDiving SeaOtters USGSAlaskaScienceCenter USGSWesternEcologicalResearchCenter UnderwaterVideo WildlifeResearch nearshoreproject species threatened