NATURE | A Mystery in Alaska | Preview | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/a-mystery-in-alaska/introduction/888/ Steller's sea lions are rapidly disappearing from Alaska's waters, and no one knows why. As scientists and environmentalists race to find answers, pressure has been growing on Alaska's fishing industry to suspend most of its pollock fishing, on the suspicion that it is robbing Steller's sea lions of an important source of food. But new research illustrated in this film shows that a broad combination of factors could be responsible for the sea lions' plight.

NATURE's "A Mystery in Alaska" airs on PBS Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 8 p.m. (check local listings), part of the 27th season of the Peabody and Emmy award-winning series produced by Thirteen/WNET New York for PBS. Major support provided by Canon U.S.A. Inc. For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/a-mystery-in-alaska/introduction/888/

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Pets & Animals

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• alaska
• conservation
• fisheries
• lions
• nature
• pbs
• sea
• steller
• wnet