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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?


What? Nutria out of season? Honu couldn't gather interest in a nutria 
hunting safari?