Back in the 1950's people used hunt the sea otter for their fur. Eventually people realized that the sea otters are loosing their population in certain areas of the world. So in 1971 they passed a law where it is illegal to kill and hunt sea otters So this helped the population grow back to where it is. I predict that the population will grow since the law was passed on to protect the sea otters. Since the sea otter only have one pup year it wont grow super fast and stay at a steady pace.