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On Wed, 11 May 1994, David Story wrote:

> 
> There's a good article in the AAUS 1991 International Symposium
> Proceedings, discussing one such experience.  The California Fish &
> Game Dept (or was that Game & Wildlife?) has a relocation program for
> the protected California Sea Otter population.  They capture and
> relocate sea otters in order to increase the distribution of the
> species.  However, they had a hell of a time catching the beasts.  To
> make a long story short, they settled on the following equipment:
> 
> Full CCOR -- (Not Draeger, the other brand)
> Dacor Scooters with front mounted cage/netting apparatus.
> 
> They found that with CCOR they could approach the very sensitive
> otters without alarming them, and with scooters and front-nets they
> could capture them with ease.  
> 
> I recommend this paper for a discussion of the training requirements
> when moving to CCOR, and the operational limits.


Yes, I agree. I was at those meetings & saw the talk - really neat stuff.

Aloha,

Rich

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