The Monterey Bay Aquarium located in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary along the Central Coast is home to southern or California, sea otters, which at nearly four feet long and weighing ...

Once prevalent in Monterey Bay, the Southern Sea otter has been listed as endangered since 1982. Their population is believed to have been as large as 300,000, but they were hunted to near ...

Dan Haifley with the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Foundation says, "It's very important that they stay on the endangered species list sea otters are critical species for the Monterey ...

From the first Spanish explorers discovering our coastline beauty, to the creation of the Monterey Bay National Marine ... of the sea. It started with harvesting sea otters and seals for their ...

The Monterey Bay sanctuary will be represented with a sea otter stamp. Other images include a breaching humpback whale in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary in Massachusetts and sea lions ...

Monterey >> While kayaking in Monterey Bay, someone might spy a sea otter asleep in a kelp ... coordinator for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. “Most people don’t disturb the ...

MONTEREY (CBS SF) -- A marine biologist in the Monterey area could be in serious trouble with the federal government for getting too close to sea ... Bay is a marine sanctuary, and otters are ...