Trade reintensified in Cook Inlet once the otters were hunted nearly to extinction on the west coast of North and South America; however, the terms of the fur trade were much different than under the independent companies or the management of Alexander Baranov.
Trade in Cook Inlet resumed following the decline of otter populations on the western coasts of North and South America. This resumption differed from previous arrangements with independent companies or under the control of Alexander Baranov.