Voracious sea lions invade Columbia River

[Curly]

I don't like the part about requiring the tribes to make several unsuccessful attempts at relocating before being allowed to use bullets.  But it is a start I guess.

[Skillet]

I fully support this. If this goes through, is there a wolf / woodland caribou corollary here?

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

This is definently a step in the right direction. I don't agree either with trying to relocate them. They have been relocated for way to long. Time to just shoot them......

[westsidehntr]

 

[haus]

THE USFWS should introduce some shark maybe some killer whales into the waters just outside of WA. then when they come over and start killing the seal and sea lion WDFW can say they didnt re introduce them into WA.  Then problem solved. 

Not sure how much fresh water density GW's would push into, but they are likely taking a few offshore a ways. Though GW's are probably just as likely to mash on the salmon. One of the resident Killer pods frequents that area, but they don't target the mammals, which leaves just the transients as the primary threat. Yet their numbers are quite low.

[pianoman9701]

THE USFWS should introduce some shark maybe some killer whales into the waters just outside of WA. then when they come over and start killing the seal and sea lion WDFW can say they didnt re introduce them into WA.  Then problem solved. 

Not sure how much fresh water density GW's would push into, but they are likely taking a few offshore a ways. Though GW's are probably just as likely to mash on the salmon. One of the resident Killer pods frequents that area, but they don't target the mammals, which leaves just the transients as the primary threat. Yet their numbers are quite low.

Bull sharks go way upstream in fresh water.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/bull-shark/

[haus]

THE USFWS should introduce some shark maybe some killer whales into the waters just outside of WA. then when they come over and start killing the seal and sea lion WDFW can say they didnt re introduce them into WA.  Then problem solved. 

Not sure how much fresh water density GW's would push into, but they are likely taking a few offshore a ways. Though GW's are probably just as likely to mash on the salmon. One of the resident Killer pods frequents that area, but they don't target the mammals, which leaves just the transients as the primary threat. Yet their numbers are quite low.

Bull sharks go way upstream in fresh water.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/bull-shark/

edit
http://www.beelikk.com/articles/bull-shark-attack/
Only report Icould find. Most sites, including NOAA dont refer to bulls ranging up to even the oregon coast

Was questioning the GW, great whites. Wonder if they'd tolerate a little brackish water to get at that island. Like a previous poster said, would be cool to have our own flying great white entertainment 

I did see a documentary awhile back where a biologist did the whole decoy towing thing in Oregon and got some jumps.

[haus]

 "Seaside lifeguards warned beachgoers of a shark fin sighting just offshore and a Coast Guard helicopter reported a sighting of sharks schooling off the mouth of the Columbia river.
http://www.oregonmag.net/Sharks909.html