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Scratch <Larry_Tigard@lefites.traitor.nut> wrote:

> Lobby Dosser wrote:
>> Don Homuth <dhomuthoneatcomcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:05:55 -0700, lein
>>> <boomer_the_cat@my-deja.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Jun 26, 2:02 pm, Don Homuth <dhomuthoneatcomcast.net> wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:38:17 -0700, pjb...@webtv.net (Paul J.
>>>>> Berg) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> .....California Sea Lions that is.
>>>>>> California sea lions have eaten what appears to be a record
>>>>>> number of spring chinook salmon at Bonneville Dam, the U.S. Army
>>>>>> Corps of Engineers reports.
>>>>> Proper animal control means culling that herd.  If the salmon runs
>>>>> were larger, the predation numbers wouldn't be so critical.  But
>>>>> since the run sizes are small, then the predation should be
>>>>> limited. 
>>>>>
>>>>> However it can be done.  If the animals can't be hazed away with
>>>>> non-lethal methods, then killing them outright can be justified as
>>>>> a means of protecting the salmon run.
>>>> Justified for what reason?
>>> Predation.  If we are to do wildlife management, then controlling
>>> the number of predators and their effect is entirely reasonable.
>>>
>>> Remember when folks used to like to control the number of cougars
>>> because they might be killing elk?
>>>
>>> 'Course, it turned out that the number of cougars had little to do
>>> with the number of elk.  But we still control cougars that are too
>>> adept at predation.
>>>
>>> Same thing with other predatory species.
>>>
>>>> The Sea Lions were here first
>>> First before what?  The salmon runs?  Probably not.  Sea lions
>>> weren't known to be upstream in the Columbia in sufficient numbers
>>> to take one of 25 salmon during historical times.
>>>
>>>> ... and in the
>>>> end, if you don't end up with smoked salmon on your plate, too bad.
>>> The smoked salmon on my plate doesn't come from the Columbia Runs.
>>>
>>> This is not about keeping the salmon runs for humans.  I'd support a
>>> ban on commercial fishing for salmon as well, for example.  But the
>>> sea lions have started a really bad habit -- and they appear to be
>>> teaching others to indulge in it as well.
>>>
>>> We are the ones who emplaced the barriers that slow the fish runs so
>>> that the sea lions have easy pickings below the dam.  If we wish to
>>> keep the salmon runs intact, then it's up to us to find a way to
>>> control the predation and the predators.
>>>
>>> Killing the ones who have migrated upstream will stop them from
>>> teaching others to do the same sort of thing.
>>>
>>> It's not as though there's a shortage of sea lions, after all.
>>>
>> 
>> Looking for work are you?
> 
> 
> What? Nutria out of season? Honu couldn't gather interest in a nutria 
> hunting safari?
> 

Well, keeps him off the streets.