Why are sea otters endangered species?

Answer 1

They are listed as a threatened species, not endangered. Threatened is one level short from being Endangered.

AnswerHistorically, sea otters numbered between several hundred thousand to more than a million. But due to the fur trade, worldwide numbers plummeted down to a total of 1000-2000 in the early 1900s. As of 2006, the three-year running average is approximately 2,750 southern sea otters off the coast of California. There are between 64,600 and 77,300 northern sea otters residing in Alaska, Canada and Washington. There are approximately 15,000 in Russia and less than a dozen in Japan.

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, an international treaty with 172 member countries. Appendix I listed species cannot be traded commercially. Appendix II listed species can be traded commercially only if it does not harm their survival.

** The Endangered Species Act requires the US federal government to identify species threatened with extinction, identify habitat they need to survive, and help protect both. In doing so, the Act works to ensure the basic health of our natural ecosystems and protect the legacy of conservation we leave to our children and grandchildren.

California, or southern, sea otters are listed as "threatened" under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) and "fully protected" under California state law. The Southwest stock of northern sea otters in Alaska is listed as "threatened" under the ESA. In Canada, the sea otter population in British Columbia is classified as "threatened"by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).

*** The Marine Mammal Protection Act prohibits, with certain exceptions, the killing or harassment of marine mammals in U.S. waters and by U.S. citizens on the high seas. It also prohibits the importation of marine mammals and marine mammal products into the U.S.

All of the sea otters in the U.S. are protected under the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Answer 2

The sea otter is endangered because hunters and fisherman killed them for their fur and because they ate too many fish. They also are in harm because sometimes they get caught in fisherman nets. And lastly because of oil spills.

Answer 3

because we as people ae posioning the ocean's water so when the otter want to drink something then that is killing them. and also people like theirfur then that is killing them to so STOP befeore it killes them.

Answer 4

Northern sea otters are classified as threatened.

Answer 5

yes they are

Answer 6

yes