Spotted and ice seals, fur seals and sea lions

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  1. Date: 2026
    Place: Nevelsk breakwater, Sakhalin Sakhalin Oblast
    Reported: Lentochka / Ленточка (responders' name) Darya Mendeleeva — ASI; Vyacheslav Kozlov, Friends of the Ocean

    Observation: Responders found a female Steller sea lion with a plastic packing ring embedded around her neck at Nevelsk breakwater. Friends of the Ocean removed the ring and named her Lentochka.