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- Can’t Save Salmon by Scapegoating Sea Lions - awionline. org
Rather than killing more pinnipeds, a focus on the actual drivers of salmon decline is needed
- Salmon in the Pacific Northwest Are Facing a New Threat: Booming . . .
The flotillas of seals and sea lions plying Puget Sound today are a conservation success story
- Columbia River sea lion management - Washington Department of Fish . . .
Columbia River salmon and steelhead face a serious threat from sea lions that have learned to consume these fish at predation hotspots such as dams, fish ladders, and natural pinch points in the river and its tributaries
- Early Action Key to Reducing Sea Lion Impacts on Salmon, New Study . . .
The study examined the association between sea lions known to prey on salmon at Bonneville Dam with other animals that later developed the same behavior, assessing how the behavior passed among animals
- Feds greenlight killing more sea lions to protect endangered salmon as . . .
Officials have repeatedly failed to reach consensus on how to fight off salmon extinction in the river, leaving sea lions as an obvious target
- Washington Academy of Sciences recommends reducing seal and sea lion . . .
The report says that while we don’t know exactly how significant the impact of predation from seals and sea lions (known as “pinnipeds”), the authors recommend the state experiment with reducing their population
- Sea Lions vs. Salmon: Restore Balance and Common Sense
Thirty-six years of unencumbered federal protection of California sealions has produced profound success yet unanticipated consequences The sea lions are at optimal sustainable population, according to NOAA estimates, but have gotten there at the direct expense of some endangered species
- Sea Lions Threaten Pacific Northwests Salmon
Decadeslong efforts by state and tribal agencies have slowly curbed sea lion populations in the region, yet officials still consider the pinnipeds a threat to at-risk salmon populations in
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