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Monday, October 17, 2011

Sea lion task force to weigh in on whether to kill and remove sea lions feasting on endangered salmon

The sea lion task force returns to the drawing board next week. Its task: to recommend to kill and remove sea lions feasting on endangered salmon below Bonneville Dam this spring -- or not. The controversial lethal-take policy has been on-again, off-again since first approved in 2008. The 16-member federal task force wants to hammer out issues early and avoid the problems of last November when a federal appeals court effectively blocked the permit. The task force includes representatives of state and federal agencies, tribes and Columbia River interest groups. It helps shape criteria for trapping and euthanizing sea lions, whether to continue hazing them and whether the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration should grant the lethal-take permit...more

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Ohh! Let's save them both! After all that is what the ESA is all about. Saving everything even is it doesn't need saving. Thousands of Sea Lions now feasting on Salmon that used to feed the natives. But the natives are people and they are not endangered.
Defund the ESA and the EPA. Vote against any politician who thinks these bureaucracies serve a use full purpose! Now is the time to do it!!; 11:05 AM