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

March 21, 2012 By JD 23 Comments

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

Filed Under: uncategorized Tagged With: pike, Salmon, sea lions, seals, trout

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