On that same trip out of Astoria, we saw a young bull Elk praticing his underwater breathing. We were maybe three or four miles over the Bar. Earlier in the day, before the Elk left us, some idiots tried to get him into a small boat and save the critter, according to the Oregonian
I support shooting the sea lions. They should clean all of them out of the river IMHO. What’s the point of all the work done to maintain the salmon if your just going to let the sea lions waltz in and decimate them.
Humans have been a part of this ecosystem for thousands of years. I have NO DOUBT the indiginous Indians were VERY effective in keeping the sea lion population near zero in the river.