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Enhydra lutris, Sea otter : fisheries

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Enhydra lutris   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sea otter

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Mammalia | Carnivora | Mustelidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

Djupbottenlevande; djupintervall 0 - 25 m (Ref. 78507).  Subtropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Pacific Ocean: Enhydra lutris lutris: Russia, Kamchatka, Kuril Island, Hokkaido; Enhydra lutris kenyoni: Aleutian and Pribilof Islands, east along the south shore of the Alaska Peninsula, northeast to Prince William Sound, and thence southeast to Washington State; Enhydra lutris nereis: from northern California south to Morro Hermoso in Baja California Norte, including the Farallon Islands, Channel Islands; Mexico (Ref. 1522).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 148 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 1394); 140 cm TL (female); publicerad maxvikt: 45.0 kg (Ref. 1394); publicerad maxvikt: 45.0 kg

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Found in shallow nearshore waters. Feeds on or near the bottom in shallow waters (often in kelp beds); on benthic invertebrates (i.e. abalones, sea urchins, rock crabs, other shellfishes, cephalopods, and sluggish near-bottom fishes) (Ref. 1394). It is preyed upon by great white sharks (Ref. 32140). Found in shallow nearshore waters. Feeds on or near the bottom in shallow waters (often in kelp beds); benthic invertebrates (i.e. abalones, sea urchins, rock crabs, other shellfishes, cephalopods, and sluggish near-bottom fishes) (Ref. 1394).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. (Ref. 1394)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Endangered (EN) ; Date assessed: 21 January 2020

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
FAO - fiskeri: species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Verktyg

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Trophic Ecology
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Ekologi
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Eggs
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Internet-källor

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1 - 9.7, mean 5 (based on 506 cells).
Resiliens (Ref. 69278): Hög, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mindre än 15 månader (K=0.2-2.63).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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