Recovery plan for the Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus)
US National Marine Fisheries Service, Steller Sea Lion Recovery Team. 1992. Recovery plan for the Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus). National Marine Fisheries Service; Office of Protected Resources. Silver Spring, MD
Excerpts: "A major decline in the abundance of Steller sea lions has occurred throughout their range over the past 30 years. Both natural and human-caused factors have been hypothesized as contributing to these declines. The overall goal of this Recovery Plan is to promote recovery of the Steller sea lion population to a level appropriate to justify removal from ESA listings. Immediate objectives are to identify factors that are limiting the population, to propose a set of actions that will minimize any human-induced activities that may be detrimental to the survival or recovery of the population, and actions necessary to cause the population to increase." This Recovery Plan discusses the natural history of the Steller sea lion, known and potential human impacts to the species, and outlines the recovery actions and implementations. The two appendices include: 1) a list of rookeries and haulouts to be counted anually and used in analysis of Steller sea lion population trend, and 2) a list of selected rookeries and schedule for conduct of Steller sea lion pup counts.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- US National Marine Fisheries Service, Steller Sea Lion Recovery Team
- Date of Issue
- 1992-12
- Publisher
- National Marine Fisheries Service; Office of Protected Resources
- Units
- GLBA , KLMN , REDW
- Keywords
- Animal Communities (Wildlife), Animal Studies, coastal systems, Coastal/Marine Systems, Endangered Species, Marine Mammals, NEPA, Recovery Plan, Steller Sea Lion