Katie Sweeney, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, WA

How do we study marine mammals and what do we find out? Take a journey through the types of surveys and tools that are used to study Steller sea lions and northern fur seals in Alaska, and the challenges faced by scientists who study them!

Resources to access at home:

» Fur seals on Bogoslof Island – 2019 science blog
» Investigating Steller Sea Lion Declines on Remote Aleutian Islands – 2016 science blog
» Investigating Steller Sea Lion Populations – video
» Steller Sea Lion Aerial Survey – 2017 science blog
» From 2017 and 2018: Thousands of People Help Scientists with Research on Endangered Steller Sea Lion, Stellar Progress on Steller Watch