Dear MARMAM Colleagues, My co-authors and I are happy to announce our new publication (Note) in Marine Mammal Science: Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) abundance assessment for the Kuril Island population in Far Eastern Russia. Our paper presents results from the sea otter survey conducted in 2012 along the Kuril Islands. Using this data and several environmental variables, we have calculated the updated abundance estimate for this remote population. Our findings indicate that this population might be undergoing a decline, and we provide recommendations for future research and management priorities. Link to the article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/mms.12682 To cite: Ovsyanikova, EN, Altukhov, AA, Carswell, LP, Kenner, MC. Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) abundance assessment for the Kuril Island population in Far Eastern Russia. Mar Mam Sci. 2020; 1– 9. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12682 If you would like a pdf of the full-text, please email me at e.ovsyanikova@uq.edu.au<mailto:e.ovsyanikova@uq.edu.au> Best regards, Ekaterina Ovsyanikova Ekaterina (Katya) Ovsyanikova PhD Candidate Cetacean Ecology and Acoustics Laboratory School of Veterinary Science University of Queensland Gatton Campus QLD 4343, Australia Phone: +61 457 615120 Email: e.ovsyanikova@uq.edu.au<mailto:e.ovsyanikova@uq.edu.au> CEAL website: http://www.uq.edu.au/whale