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Aerial view of Alaska Native hunter Christy Ruby in position, camouflaged, to hunt sea otters as they drift in close to the rocks, on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. “The MMPA wasn’t written for ever dealing with overabundance,” says Mike Miller, a Sitka Tribal Council member who chairs Alaska’s Indigenous People’s Council for Marine Mammals. “But if you look at their overall impact on ocean health, there’s a positive side to otters too. There’s got to be something close to balance someplace.”