Posted on 08/30/2019 3:58:40 PM PDT by jazusamo
BOISE, Idaho — More than 1,100 sea lions could be killed annually along a stretch of the Columbia River on the Oregon-Washington border to boost faltering populations of salmon and steelhead, federal officials said Friday.
The National Marine Fisheries Service said it’s taking public comments through Oct. 29 on the plan requested by Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Native American tribes.
The agency says billions of dollars on habitat restoration, fish passage at dams and other efforts have been spent in the three states in the last several decades to save 13 species of Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead protected under the Endangered Species Act.
But sea lions have learned that fish bunch up at dams and are easy to catch, an opportunity not available when the Columbia was free-flowing.
“The changes in the system have created this sort of pinch-point where sea lions can take advantage of the fish,” said Michael Milstein, a spokesman for National Marine Fisheries Service.
(Excerpt) Read more at columbian.com ...
Me too! I think we’ve all seen the videos of people electrifying the water and the amount of Carp jumping out is mind boggling! They need to wipe that species out before it reaches the Great Lakes.
Absolutely disgusting. Take the worst of fish, the gamiest of intact boar, and have it stew in the sun for a week.
Resident pods of Orca eat fish. Transient pods are the seal-eaters.
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