ODFW
ODFW
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Elakha Alliance
$49,950
This project is a pioneering effort to assess the danger to translocated sea otters in Oregon from predation by sharks. Essential new information will be provided to the Elakha Alliance and government wildlife agencies about the spatial and temporal presence of two species of shark, White (WS) and Broadnose Seven-gill (BSS) known to prey on sea otters in California but whose distribution and abundance in Oregon is unknown. Data will be collected and analyzed from acoustic tags to be attached to at least 10 individuals of each species, the signals from which can be detected by acoustic receiver buoys that will be deployed along the Oregon coast.