Unlike most marine mammals, sea otters are primarily insulated by fur, not blubber. In fact they have the densest fur in the animal kingdom. Sadly that thick, resplendent coat has also given otters ...

Russian hunters pursued Alaskan sea otters for their luxuriant pelts — the densest in the animal kingdom — beginning in the 1740s and were eventually joined by British and Americans, who traded furs, ...

They confirmed that the "Great Land," did indeed exist; the fox, fur seal and sea otter pelts they brought showed this land to be a fur trader's paradise. Russian documents from the time indicate ...

because the MMPA prohibits the sale of whole pelts. Douville has harvested hundreds of sea otters over the past two years. “Lately, we’ve had commercial divers thanking us when they see us wit ...

Only Alaska Natives can buy and trade raw pelts or other sea otter parts between each other, and make and sell traditional handicrafts out of sea otter fur and other parts for sale to non-Natives. The ...

Sea otter numbers in the northern Pacific Ocean are thought to have ranged from around 150,000 to 300,000 up until the 18th century. But overhunting for their pelts brought the number down to ...