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GULF ISLANDS WILDLIFE

Whales, porpoises and dolphins:  
Orca

Gray Whale
Humpback Whale
Minke Whale
Dall's Porpoise
Harbour Porpoise
Pacific Dolphin

Mammals:
Otters
Harbour Seal
California Sea Lion
Steller's Sea Lion
Northern Elephant Seal

Birds:
Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Kingfisher

Sea Life:
Salmon
Jellyfish
Octopus
Anemone
Sea Stars


Steller's Sea Lion  (Eumetopias jubatus) 

The Steller's Sea Lion (also known as the Northern Sea Lion) is a sea lion of the temperate eastern Pacific, named by Georg Steller. Its range extends from the Gulf of Alaska in the north to central California in the south. Steller's Sea Lions were listed as threatened on the U.S. endangered species list in the 1990s and have since been the object of intense study. One suspected cause of their precipitous fall in numbers is overfishing of wall-eyed pollock and other fish stocks in the Gulf of Alaska.


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