Large numbers of the animals are being found dead around the islands where the marine mammals breed.
A 2-month-old harbor seal recuperates at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center’s temporary field hospital in Laguna Beach on Friday, May 31, 2024. is nearing capacity with more rescued sea lion pups already seen this season than in seven years, and concerns about large numbers being found dead around the islands where the marine mammals breed.
Veterinary assistant Malena Berndt organizes all the medication for all the marine mammals being cared for at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center’s temporary field hospital in Laguna Beach on Friday, May 31, 2024. Dr. Alissa Deming explains how the team keeps track of all the rescued marine mammals, their conditions and medications on the big board at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center’s temporary field hospital in Laguna Beach on Friday, May 31, 2024.
The sea lions and seals recovering there now are doing well, PMMC officials said, and some are even enjoying some amenities prompted by a makeshift way of getting water to the pools. Both Gray and John Warner, CEO of the Marine Mammal Center Los Angeles in San Pedro, are concerned about the reports coming from Ano Nuevo Island, a rookery located between San Francisco and Santa Cruz.
At the same time, NOAA scientists are keeping an eye on the drama unfolding off the Northern California island, where 250 to 300 dead sea lion pups born this year were found ahead of the peak of pupping season, which is typically in mid-June. A team of NOAA scientists recently arrived on San Miguel and are doing spot checks and weighing the newly born pups. Milstein said the goal is to determine whether the percentage of dead pups “exceeds the expected range.”
Putting together all the issues seen with the sea lion pups and other marine mammals, Grey said, “We’re not expecting a regular year. “Our environment is changing and changing more rapidly than we can keep up with,” Warner said. “Our environment is not within our predictive control. We don’t have time left to start fixing things. The time is now, we’ve heard about it and we know what we need to do.
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