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I guess we’re not alone on the West Coast: Anglers may turn to shooting fish-eating seals in Ireland

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Photo: Belfast Telegraph


Jjust a few days back, we told you about the Feds authorizing the use of lethal force against salmon, steelhead and sturgeon-munching sea lions below Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River(see the story here). Well, apparently, the West Coast isn’t the only place dealing with marauding marine mammals eating more than their fare share of fish!

Some anglers in Ireland are getting so fed up with the seals decimating fish populations in the Quoile River that they are considering taking up arms against the beasts if the government doesn’t relocate them. Sounds familiar doesn’t it?

Read more in the Belfast Telegraph

Columbia River sea lions: Time to pay the Piper!

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State and federal biologists estimate that California sea lions have eaten between 1.5 and 4 percent of all returning adult Columbia River salmon at Bonneville Dam each year during the past eight years. But as of March 16, NOAA Fisheries has authorized the use of Lethal Force to curb predation.

I’m sure PETA and others will raise hell, but in my mind, those folks don’t have a leg to stand on until the start actually doing something that helps the animals…like restore habitat, etc. When was the last time you saw a member of PETA buying raffle tickets or auction items at a Ducks Unlimited, Rocky MOuntain Elk Foundation, Costal Conservation Association or Trout Unlimited dinner? Those cats are all the real animal advocates, not kooks who spray paint fur coats. But, alas, I digress…

Read more about the removal of Columbia sea lions at Underwater Times.com