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Re: Voracious sea lions invade Columbia River
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2015, 04:33:08 PM »
 :bash:  loved the commentary though. :chuckle:
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Re: Voracious sea lions invade Columbia River
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2015, 04:50:05 PM »
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Some have come to the sea lions’ defense, saying they could represent a tourism boon if people will pay to see them.
How many would really go all the way to Astoria just to see Sea Lions?  Maybe a dozen people?
How many would go to Astoria to catch salmon? Maybe in the tens of thousands?

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Re: Voracious sea lions invade Columbia River
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2015, 05:06:35 PM »
Little heavy on the logic Jimmy!

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Re: Voracious sea lions invade Columbia River
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2015, 07:56:44 PM »
A few seals too, according to this recent photo:




http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/03/hungry_in_california_pinnipeds.html
"But even when the smelt are gone, an estimated 312,600 adult spring chinook salmon are expected to provide a continuing food source. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report in October showed a decrease in chinook salmon survival from 90 percent in 2010 to 55 percent in 2014. It compared the decrease in survival with a more than 670 percent increase in sea lion populations counted by Oregon wildlife officials in Astoria between March 15 and May 15 over the same years."
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Re: Voracious sea lions invade Columbia River
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2015, 08:31:43 PM »

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Some have come to the sea lions’ defense, saying they could represent a tourism boon if people will pay to see them.
How many would really go all the way to Astoria just to see Sea Lions?  Maybe a dozen people?
How many would go to Astoria to catch salmon? Maybe in the tens of thousands?

How about an OTC tag for sea lions?  I would buy one.
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Re: Voracious sea lions invade Columbia River
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2015, 08:35:09 PM »
Just think of all the crap upriver folks have to do so they don't "impact" the survival of one salmon....   :bash:

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Re: Voracious sea lions invade Columbia River
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2015, 08:44:32 PM »
A few seals too, according to this recent photo:




http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/03/hungry_in_california_pinnipeds.html

"But even when the smelt are gone, an estimated 312,600 adult spring chinook salmon are expected to provide a continuing food source. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report in October showed a decrease in chinook salmon survival from 90 percent in 2010 to 55 percent in 2014. It compared the decrease in survival with a more than 670 percent increase in sea lion populations counted by Oregon wildlife officials in Astoria between March 15 and May 15 over the same
years."



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Re: Voracious sea lions invade Columbia River
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2015, 08:46:37 PM »
Need to thin that herd of seawolves by 2/3 or so.

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Re: Voracious sea lions invade Columbia River
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2015, 06:40:11 AM »
yes they do!  :twocents:
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Re: Voracious sea lions invade Columbia River
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2015, 06:43:29 AM »
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Some have come to the sea lions’ defense, saying they could represent a tourism boon if people will pay to see them.
How many would really go all the way to Astoria just to see Sea Lions?  Maybe a dozen people?
How many would go to Astoria to catch salmon? Maybe in the tens of thousands?





How many people would go to Astoria to kill the sea lions????
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Re: Voracious sea lions invade Columbia River
« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2015, 08:55:12 AM »
I want a sea lion bedspread....   :chuckle:

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Re: Voracious sea lions invade Columbia River
« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2015, 09:08:06 AM »
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Some have come to the sea lions’ defense, saying they could represent a tourism boon if people will pay to see them.
How many would really go all the way to Astoria just to see Sea Lions?  Maybe a dozen people?
How many would go to Astoria to catch salmon? Maybe in the tens of thousands?





How many people would go to Astoria to kill the sea lions????


I would and my entire group of friends so, 2.
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Re: Voracious sea lions invade Columbia River
« Reply #13 on: March 30, 2015, 09:22:45 AM »
http://yournewswire.com/10000-dead-sea-lions-wash-up-in-california-officials-announce-crisis/#

I haven't verified the source of the news article and only skimmed it.  But it appears Global Warming is to blame/cause?  I don't know?

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Re: Voracious sea lions invade Columbia River
« Reply #14 on: March 30, 2015, 09:28:37 AM »
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Some have come to the sea lions’ defense, saying they could represent a tourism boon if people will pay to see them.
How many would really go all the way to Astoria just to see Sea Lions?  Maybe a dozen people?
How many would go to Astoria to catch salmon? Maybe in the tens of thousands?
Remember that seal that was bitten in half by a great white a while back at Ocean Shores? If Great White sharks started showing up to eat these seals I would make the drive to watch. Imagine a scenario like off the coast of South Africa with large numbers of Great Whites timing their arrival and eating the seals.
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