Oregon Relocates Sea Lions from Willamette Falls To Protect Steelhead
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Statesman Journal] By Cassandra Profita - March 1, 2018
Oregon wildlife managers are trapping sea lions at Willamette Falls and trucking them out to the coast in an effort to protect a very fragile run of steelhead.
Biologists estimate the sea lions at Willamette Falls are eating at least a quarter of the winter steelhead run. At that rate, they say, there's about a 90 percent chance at least one population of the fish will go extinct.
Bryan Wright, a biologist with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the state is waiting for ...
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