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Northern fur seal floating, asleep, with back flippers folded over on left front flipper. The fur seal fishery in the Bering Sea is an outstanding example ofsuccessful management. The resource - after overexploitation caused a seriousdecline - has been restored by wise application of knowledge after many years of scientific research. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; P. 497 of Our Changing Fisheries 1970 Centenary NMFS centenary volume)