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March 01, 2010
Sea Lion Trapping Resumes in Washington and Oregon
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From The Columbian:
Washington and Oregon wildlife officials will resume their annual campaign to trap and euthanize salmon-munching sea lions at Bonneville Dam as soon as this week.
It could be a target-rich environment.
With a giant run of spring chinook salmon projected, California sea lions are likely to soon begin congregating en masse at the man-made bottleneck created by the dam. Four floating traps have been hauled into place on an island below the Washington-side powerhouse, and state officials said they expect to begin trapping animals sometime this week.
“Business as usual,” said Rick Hargrave, a spokesman for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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Comments (15)
If it is business as usual, why is it a story? Is there a controversy between animal rights groups and the Oregon Fish and Game Department?
Nate
YES!! When can we start trapping them in San Diego?
I feel like this could be an awesome oppurtunity for a limited and very controlled hunting season. I mean the sea lions would be just as gone if you hunted them compared to euthanizing them and the proceeds could go to helping the salmon.
This same thing happened in a suburb of Dayton when i was in college. The deer were causing problems and instead of allowing hunters to harvest and use the meat, the city council decided to hire snipers with night vision to shoot them in the dark and "dispose" of them. (disposed right into the sniper's freezer). Instead of spending money to do it, let hunters/trappers pay money to do it and use the money to improve the habitat for other animals? I don't understand why they do it?
Over population of deer is too much of a good thing, this is different. These sea lions sit in the fish ladders, because of the dams the salmon are forced up the ladders and into the sea lions mouths. Historically sea lions were never at this location, they only moved in for the opportunity to put more strain on the salmon populations. 0 sea lions is where the population should be at in the columbia river. Sea lion jerky doesn't really float my boat, is there really a hunting desire for these oversized sea worms?
You better beef up your bird dog to bring in a shot sea lion! Practice with throwing a 50 gallon drum filled with water for your mutt to retrieve. Is there a way to hunt them? What does a shot sea lion do? I would imagine they would be near impossible to recover unless it was done with a harpoon gun.
The wild Salmon fishery is too important not to protect here. If there's sportsmen out there who want to hunt these things, by all means have a hunting season, otherwise, it seems like the Fish and Game depts. are doing the right thing.
Marine Mammal Protection Act makes hunting them a tough proposal in addition it is a small number of "smart" buggers causing the issue and therefore makes trapping by the wildlife officials more appropriate than hunters with bow fishing gear
what the heck do you do with a sea lion?
to kyle-preferably shoot them if you are a salmon fisherman, but they are protected, so they trap them, transport them, then trap them again. only in most severe circumstances will they actually be disposed of.
I live about 20 miles from the Bonneville Dam. Every year it's the same thing with the sea lions. The simplest solution escapes the wildlife departments -- both Wa. & Or.
I live there. I am training and exercising my Labs at North Bonneville within plain sight of this spectacle every day. The sea lions have been coming here since long before there were people to see it. Of course, it is entirely political and a total crock. It is well known that only 5% of the salmon make it past the fishing fleet. One percent of what gets past are caught by sea lions. So what is one per cant of five per cent? If there is a major run, the sea lions are not a problem. The problem becomes hundreds of tons of dead reeking fish on the riverbanks as far as there is a river. I have seen this, too. The idea of shooting sea lions in light of this is stupidity beyond anybody's imagination. I OBJECT TO IT ON THE GROUNDS OF IT BEING A LUDICROUS AND TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY.
The idea of killing mebbe two dozen sea lions that can't put a dent in the fish population under any circumstances is best taken as evidence of mental retardation.
But when the fish are piled up on the riverbanks as far as the eye can see, and they feel compelled to trap and kill the sea lions, it is pure illogic to the point of mental illness, and the ideas cannot pass as sane anywhere.
Don't get me wrong.
I don't love the sea lions.
They are a threat to my Labs, and I have to keep them out of the water at these times.
But the reasons they have given for this are lies at best.
You have to see the fish piled up to understand it.
I have gone deer hunting after the waters receded after such a run, and couldn't hunt because the woods were absolutely full of rotten stinking fish.
dead spawned out salmon? 5% of the salmon return from the dangers at sea. Commercial fishing just being one of the many dangers. The most dangerous part of a salmon's life is the migration downstream from all that I have read and seen. (I am further up the river than you are by a 1000 miles or so, my opinion is coming from that point of view).
Its apparent they need thinned out.
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Over population of deer is too much of a good thing, this is different. These sea lions sit in the fish ladders, because of the dams the salmon are forced up the ladders and into the sea lions mouths. Historically sea lions were never at this location, they only moved in for the opportunity to put more strain on the salmon populations. 0 sea lions is where the population should be at in the columbia river. Sea lion jerky doesn't really float my boat, is there really a hunting desire for these oversized sea worms?
YES!! When can we start trapping them in San Diego?
I feel like this could be an awesome oppurtunity for a limited and very controlled hunting season. I mean the sea lions would be just as gone if you hunted them compared to euthanizing them and the proceeds could go to helping the salmon.
This same thing happened in a suburb of Dayton when i was in college. The deer were causing problems and instead of allowing hunters to harvest and use the meat, the city council decided to hire snipers with night vision to shoot them in the dark and "dispose" of them. (disposed right into the sniper's freezer). Instead of spending money to do it, let hunters/trappers pay money to do it and use the money to improve the habitat for other animals? I don't understand why they do it?
You better beef up your bird dog to bring in a shot sea lion! Practice with throwing a 50 gallon drum filled with water for your mutt to retrieve. Is there a way to hunt them? What does a shot sea lion do? I would imagine they would be near impossible to recover unless it was done with a harpoon gun.
Marine Mammal Protection Act makes hunting them a tough proposal in addition it is a small number of "smart" buggers causing the issue and therefore makes trapping by the wildlife officials more appropriate than hunters with bow fishing gear
I live about 20 miles from the Bonneville Dam. Every year it's the same thing with the sea lions. The simplest solution escapes the wildlife departments -- both Wa. & Or.
If it is business as usual, why is it a story? Is there a controversy between animal rights groups and the Oregon Fish and Game Department?
Nate
The wild Salmon fishery is too important not to protect here. If there's sportsmen out there who want to hunt these things, by all means have a hunting season, otherwise, it seems like the Fish and Game depts. are doing the right thing.
what the heck do you do with a sea lion?
to kyle-preferably shoot them if you are a salmon fisherman, but they are protected, so they trap them, transport them, then trap them again. only in most severe circumstances will they actually be disposed of.
I live there. I am training and exercising my Labs at North Bonneville within plain sight of this spectacle every day. The sea lions have been coming here since long before there were people to see it. Of course, it is entirely political and a total crock. It is well known that only 5% of the salmon make it past the fishing fleet. One percent of what gets past are caught by sea lions. So what is one per cant of five per cent? If there is a major run, the sea lions are not a problem. The problem becomes hundreds of tons of dead reeking fish on the riverbanks as far as there is a river. I have seen this, too. The idea of shooting sea lions in light of this is stupidity beyond anybody's imagination. I OBJECT TO IT ON THE GROUNDS OF IT BEING A LUDICROUS AND TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY.
The idea of killing mebbe two dozen sea lions that can't put a dent in the fish population under any circumstances is best taken as evidence of mental retardation.
But when the fish are piled up on the riverbanks as far as the eye can see, and they feel compelled to trap and kill the sea lions, it is pure illogic to the point of mental illness, and the ideas cannot pass as sane anywhere.
Don't get me wrong.
I don't love the sea lions.
They are a threat to my Labs, and I have to keep them out of the water at these times.
But the reasons they have given for this are lies at best.
You have to see the fish piled up to understand it.
I have gone deer hunting after the waters receded after such a run, and couldn't hunt because the woods were absolutely full of rotten stinking fish.
dead spawned out salmon? 5% of the salmon return from the dangers at sea. Commercial fishing just being one of the many dangers. The most dangerous part of a salmon's life is the migration downstream from all that I have read and seen. (I am further up the river than you are by a 1000 miles or so, my opinion is coming from that point of view).
Its apparent they need thinned out.
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