Court spares salmon-scarfing sea lions (OR & WA)

The Oregonian ^ | April 24, 2008 | Michael Milstein

[RushingWater]

Need to bring back the nickel a nose deal.

[fish hawk]

PING

[toddlintown]

What about the Prime Directive?

[blackie]

The inmates are running the asylum!!

[george76]

Lawyers making stupid scientific decisions

[tubebender]

The judges explained that if no sea lions are removed this year, they might consume between 212 and 2,094 spring chinook salmon protected by the Endangered Species Act, according to federal estimates. .

According to that logic it should be OK for a timber company to log even if it "takes" a couple of spotted owls in the process.

The madding thing about sea lions is they don't eat the whole salmon but just takes a couple of bites out of it and moves on to the next one. These rats are camped at the mouth of every river from Monterey to Seattle...

[jazusamo]

Good point but the numbers cited by these judges are completely bogus, I believe those sea lions could take up to ten times what they cited.

[Sir_Ed]

I was born and raised in Newport Beach, went to Kaiser Jr. High and Newport Harbor High, and I was at the beach almost daily.

I never saw the huge numbers of sea lions we see today!

Ed

[jazusamo]

The Columbian

Two sea lions trapped and on their way to Tacoma and beyond

 

Thursday, April 24, 2008
By MICHAEL ANDERSEN Columbian Staff Writer

State workers hauled at least two sea lions out of the Columbia River near Bonneville Dam that they say can be legally shipped to Sea World.

 

A sea lion dubbed C319, a five-year veteran on the river, and C739 were taken from river traps and lifted into a horse trailer this morning and early afternoon. They will be taken by truck to Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.

Sea lion veterinarians will check in on them Friday morning, said Craig Bartlett, who is with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Nine sea lions were captured this morning. However, three were not branded so were not eligible to be removed from the river. The other four also were not eligible.

 

 

 

 

 

[Bean Counter]

Anyone know any recipes for seal blubber??

[jazusamo]

I was from inland and spent a lot of time in the summers there in the ‘50s then later in the 60’s my folks bought a beach home up on 44th St. I didn’t spend any time at the harbor after that.

[jazusamo]

LOL! Doesn’t sound too appetizing, does it?

[sionnsar]

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