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Title: Sea Lion Removal
Post by: gramps on August 13, 2020, 04:12:09 PM
Just read in the local paper that the removal of 840 Steller's and California Sea Lions has been approved for the Columbia from Bonneville to McNary over the next 5 years.   Article did not say who would do this or how.
Title: Re: Sea Lion Removal
Post by: Stein on August 13, 2020, 04:37:41 PM
Good news, hopefully that opens a door for removal within Puget Sound as well.  Those things are part of the too many things crushing salmon.
Title: Re: Sea Lion Removal
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on August 14, 2020, 10:21:14 PM
 :tup:  Heading in the right direction! To bad its taken decades.
Title: Re: Sea Lion Removal
Post by: huntnphool on August 14, 2020, 11:04:20 PM
Good news, hopefully that opens a door for removal within Puget Sound as well.  Those things are part of the too many things crushing salmon.

 Sturgeon have taken a huge hit.
Title: Re: Sea Lion Removal
Post by: bearpaw on August 15, 2020, 01:28:05 AM
Just read in the local paper that the removal of 840 Steller's and California Sea Lions has been approved for the Columbia from Bonneville to McNary over the next 5 years.   Article did not say who would do this or how.

They need to do similar to the goat removal this fall in the Olympics!  :twocents:
Title: Re: Sea Lion Removal
Post by: jeffro on August 15, 2020, 04:41:48 AM
I will be there to volunteer!
Have boat
Will travel
At 0 cost to the taxpayers.
Lost more fish and gear than I could ever count
Title: Re: Sea Lion Removal
Post by: Taco280AI on August 15, 2020, 06:19:28 AM
That's good for everything  :tup:
Title: Re: Sea Lion Removal
Post by: Utah on August 16, 2020, 04:27:08 PM
How many sea lions etc are actually in the Bonniville to mcNary stretch?

I’m assuming bonniville will include a certain distance below bonniville?
Title: Re: Sea Lion Removal
Post by: jstone on August 16, 2020, 06:20:25 PM
About time
Title: Re: Sea Lion Removal
Post by: duckmen1 on August 16, 2020, 07:40:40 PM
Ohhhhhh yeahhhhhhh.
Time for cormorant removal. We need management on those too. Help fry survival rate. The pacific flyway is the only flyway that doesn't have management of comorants. 50,000 a year across the country but none over here. Not hunting but conflict removal.
Title: Re: Sea Lion Removal
Post by: Jake Dogfish on August 16, 2020, 08:46:51 PM
How many sea lions etc are actually in the Bonniville to mcNary stretch?

I’m assuming bonniville will include a certain distance below bonniville?

This is mostly for below Bonneville, A few times Sea lions have snuck above multiple dams, this gives them authority to correct that.
Title: Re: Sea Lion Removal
Post by: huntnphool on August 16, 2020, 08:53:15 PM
 >:(
Title: Re: Sea Lion Removal
Post by: TheStovePipeKid on August 16, 2020, 10:35:28 PM
I hope those sturgeon were within the size requirements or those sea lions could loose their fishing privledges.
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