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Which countries signed the 1911 North Pacific Sealing Convention to protect sea otters?
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A sea otter (Enhydra lutris) eating a crab.
The 1911 North Pacific Sealing Convention was signed by the United States, Great Britain (representing Canada), Japan, and Russia.12
While the convention is often associated with the regulation of northern fur seals, it was also established to protect sea otters, which had been hunted nearly to extinction for their fur by 1910.2