Environmental

NOAA Authorizes States to Remove Sea Lions That Threaten Protected Salmon

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2012

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California sea lions.

California sea lions consuming salmon just below the Columbia River’s Bonneville Dam. Download here (Credit: With permission from the U.S. Corps of Engineers)

NOAA’s Fisheries Servicesaid today it was authorizing Idaho, Oregon and Washington to permanently remove the specific California sea lions eating the imperiled salmon and steelhead that congregate below Bonneville Dam as they head up the Columbia River to spawn. The authorization becomes effective on March 20 and…

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