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May 30, 2024 · This week, sea lion counters — yes, they exist — tallied 2,000 of the whiskered, blubbery creatures in the water alongside Pier 39 on the city’s northern edge. That’s 600 more than the ...
May 30, 2024 · A sea of sea lions at San Francisco's Pier 39 has gotten even larger, and there is now an all-time record of more than 2,000 sea lions at the pier, smashing a 30-year-old record.
2 days ago · State of play: Pier 39's Marina team counted over 2,100 sea lions on the docks as of Tuesday — handily beating the previous record of about 1,700 in November 2009, Pier 39 spokesperson Anthony Licciardi told Axios via email. "We believe it is the abundance of anchovy," their favorite food source, that attracted them in droves, Licciardi added.
4 days ago · There are an estimated 300,000 California sea lions in the U.S., according to the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife. All of them can be found on the Pacific Coast. San Francisco is seeing record-high amounts of sea lions on their docks and beaches. Per The New York Times, around 2,000 sea lions have overwhelmed the waters by Pier 39 ...
1 day ago · Sea lions are a common sight in Kodiak – there’s even a floating dock for them in the St. Herman Harbor on Near Island. The Sun’aq Tribe received reports of one caught in a plastic packing band as early as January, but staff weren’t able to work on it until May. Matt Van Daele, the Tribe’s natural resources director, said the patient ...
May 31, 2024 · This week, sea lion counters — yes, they exist — tallied 2,000 of the whiskered, blubbery creatures in the water alongside Pier 39 on the city’s northern edge. That’s 600 more than the previous record of 1,400 set in the early 1990s, according to Sheila Chandor, who has been the harbor master at Pier 39 since 1985.
May 19, 2024 · San Francisco's famed Fisherman's Wharf district is seeing a surge in sea lions that local officials are saying it is the largest herd of the sea mammals in 15 years.
