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Southwest Washington has a serious predatory pinniped problem — tens of thousands of massive invasive sea lions are venturing further and further up the Columbia River and its tributaries to gorge on our local salmon. I'm pushing to explore more effective lethal removal options.

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ALERT: Outrage as thousands of sea lions could face death by explosives as officials beg the Trump administration to approve their removal. Officials in the Pacific Northwest are pushing for the lethal removal of the sea lions due to their effect on the decline of the salmon population, and in favor of supporting local communities, commercial fishermen, and tribal fisheries. An estimated 4,000 to 4,500 sea lions live in the Columbia River basin, which runs through Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Washington Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez urged the Trump administration back in April to approve the “direct, lethal removal” of the sea lions. Perez said the sea lions have eaten 4 times the salmon that fishermen and Native Americans can harvest in a year. People opposed ot the removal of the sea lions say they are being unfairly blamed for the crisis and instead blame climate change, hydroelectric dams, overfishing, and habitat destruction. The salmon migrate through small passages at the Bonneville Dam, where the sea lions congregate, and 1 in 4 salmon caught showed signs of wounds from sea lions. One X user wrote, “The dams are basically making it so that they have an all-you-can-eat salmon buffet.” A local X user responded by saying, “They do not naturally come as far upstream as they have been, but they've learned fish like to congregate near obstructions like Bonneville or Willamette Falls. They decimate native salmon and sturgeon populations.” The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 protects sea lions from being harassed, captured, or killed unless federally approved. Current methods used are to capture the sea lions and euthanize them under veterinary supervision, or use “seal bombs,” which detonate underwater and deter the sea lions from the area.

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