I sure hope this comes to pass: http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.c ... +Sea+lions
Would be a very nice start to one of the many reasons salmon runs are declining. Not to mention it would also help out the oversized sturgeon that also fall victim to the FB's.
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Now if we could just get nets out of the rivers ....
Sea Lions' Last Meal?
Sea Lions' Last Meal?
"My fingers smell fishy and I like it."
RE:Sea Lions' Last Meal?
All I have to say is, its about time.
RE:Sea Lions' Last Meal?
Consider it a small step. They were asking for almost 100 to be killed. They only got 30 if I remember.
This won't happen for a while though. Don't plan on it happening this spring...Some environmental group will step in, take it to court and slow this process down...
This won't happen for a while though. Don't plan on it happening this spring...Some environmental group will step in, take it to court and slow this process down...
Don't chase reports...Be the report others chase....
RE:Sea Lions' Last Meal?
30 is a small number compared to the numbers that habitually stake a claim near the fish ladders at Bonneville. The entire species is out of control. We see them all the way up to the Falls on the Willamette. Historically they never went much further inland than Longview, but since the government listed them as a "protected species" not "endangered" or "threatened", that leads me to believe that they are guarded for emotional reasons, not scientific or economic reasons.
I have always believed that they should be managed like any other species to control their populations. Even if it means hunting or trapping them. How many endangered runs of salmon and steelhead have been lost because we have mismanaged one species.
No, 30 per year is not nearly enough. And though I understand that other factors affect fish populations, sea lion predadation is one factor that needs to be corrected.
By the way, I doubt that any sea lions will be killed because some animal rights group will have it in the courts by Monday afternoon with an injunction in hand and signed by a sympathetic, bleeding heart judge.
I have always believed that they should be managed like any other species to control their populations. Even if it means hunting or trapping them. How many endangered runs of salmon and steelhead have been lost because we have mismanaged one species.
No, 30 per year is not nearly enough. And though I understand that other factors affect fish populations, sea lion predadation is one factor that needs to be corrected.
By the way, I doubt that any sea lions will be killed because some animal rights group will have it in the courts by Monday afternoon with an injunction in hand and signed by a sympathetic, bleeding heart judge.