Guess you said it all.

By the way, we were talking about a certain dive
operation out of Anacortes. Well a couple of weeks ago
I learned that the skipper/owner had passed away the
previous month. Currently there is no dive charter,
that I know of, operating out of Anacortes, but that
could change soon.

Ed

--- Kent Lind <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ed:
>
> I know the guys who do this.
>
> What do you want to know?
>
> Most of the sea lion work is in SE Alaska and Prince
> William Sound where the
> water isn't significantly colder than Puget Sound.
> They mostly just use
> recreational type gear.  DUI drysuits.  Back mount
> BCs like SeaQuest Black
> Diamond.  Scubapro and USD regulators.  Nothing that
> you wouldn't see on a
> Sunday at Edmonds.
>
> The really interesting diving from a gear
> perspective is being done by the
> National Park Service and NOAA divers who are using
> MK15 closed circuit
> rebreathers to capture sea otters in Glacier Bay.
> They sneak up under the
> floating otters with wire traps and snare them that
> way.
>
> Kent Lind
> Juneau, Alaska
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: SouthEast US Scuba Diving Travel list
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Ed
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 6:18 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [SCUBA-SE] Divers lasso sea lions
> >
> >
> > Thanks Shep, I found it interesting. I'd worry
> that
> > instead of bolting after the noose was tightened,
> the
> > sea lion would charge the diver.
> > Wish they would have given some of their hints on
> cold
> > water diving.
> > Ed
> >
> > --- Shep Griswold <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > I'm in Anchorage,Alaska,USA for a few days and I
> > > thought that this article from
> > > the local newspaper would amuse some of you on
> the
> > > list.
> > >
> >
>
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> > >
> > > Divers lasso sea lions
> > >
> > > By Doug O'harra
> > > Anchorage Daily News
> > >
> > > (Published: September 24, 2001) As populations
> of
> > > the endangered Steller sea
> > > lions crashed throughout the Gulf of Alaska and
> the
> > > Aleutian Chain, biologists
> > > began worrying about low survival among
> juveniles.
> > > But the young animals --
> > > skittish adolescents that sport up to 300 pounds
> of
> > > muscle and mouths of impressive
> > > teeth -- were almost impossible to capture on
> shore
> > > for health studies or satellite
> > > tagging.
> >
> >
> >
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