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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?

Trying to boost the Oregon Food Bank, I'll bet.