Steller Sea Lion
Eumetopias jubatus

Where do Steller sea lions live?

Steller sea lions range throughout the North Pacific Ocean rim from northern Japan to northern California. This area includes the Kuril Islands, Kamchatka Peninsula and Sea of Okhotsk (Russia), the Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea, and southern coast of Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and northern California. On shore, Steller sea lions congregate on traditionally used haul out and rookery (for breeding and pupping) sites on a variety of surfaces from sandy beaches to rock ledges on islands, offshore rocks, or isolated mainland locations.

What do Steller sea lions eat?

Steller sea lions are top-level carnivores that consume a wide variety of fish and cephalopods including commercially important species. Diet composition varies seasonally and geographically and takes advantage of abundant prey species. .

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