Kiliii Yuyan Photographer

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On a commercial dive boat, Jared Ellis finishes hauling up sea cucumbers harvested by boat owner Craig Thomas. As shellfish-hungry sea otters have spread throughout other parts of Southeast Alaska, they’ve so far mostly stayed away from this spot, Kasaan Bay. But wandering sea otters are now sighted here from time to time. “We see it as a matter of time,” says Ellis, who works in construction in the summer but hopes to become a career dive fisherman. “It’s scary, for sure.”

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