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Published: February 6th, 2010 09:33 PM
Last Modified: February 6th, 2010 09:34 PM
SITKA -- Marine mammal officials in Sitka are warning residents not to harass Steller sea lions.
Witnesses told the Sitka Harbor Department that a sea lion had hauled out on a city harbor float last week and that residents hazed the animal back into the water, then set off a seal bomb, a small explosive device used to frighten mammals away from fishing grounds.
Harbor master Stan Eliason says that's not only unwise but illegal. Sea lions are a threatened species.
Eliason says the sea lion was probably looking for food.
The harbor master says sea lions may not be fed or disturbed.
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