Rules Would Protect Seals From Cruise Ships

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Federal scientists are recommending rules that could restrict cruise ship visits to Alaska's Hubbard Glacier, the longest tidewater glacier in North America, because of the threat they pose to harbor seals, a marine mammal important to Native Alaskan subsistence hunters in nearby Yakutat.

Scientists from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, say cruise ships making their way through Disenchantment Bay on their way to the glacier flush seals from ice floes into chilly seawater during critical pupping and molting periods.

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Rules Would Protect Seals From Cruise Ships

Pups must bulk up on mother's milk during four to six weeks of nursing ...

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