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Sea otters rest and forage in a large raft of more than a hundred in Halibut Cove, near Homer, Alaska. Northern sea otters, unlike their southern relatives, in recent decades have multiplied prolifically in waters from which they had once vanished. A 2021 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service–supported study put the Southeast Alaska count at more than 27,000 sea otters. Canadian scientists estimate that another 8,000 live along British Columbia’s coast.