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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: troutbreath on March 20, 2008, 10:11:52 AM
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States take aim at sea lions
Reuters
Thursday, March 20, 2008
PORTLAND -- Washington and Oregon can start killing sea lions that feed on migrating salmon to help preserve dwindling U.S. Pacific Northwest salmon populations, a federal agency said Tuesday.
The National Marine Fisheries Service granted permission to the states to target as many as 85 sea lions a year near the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. Oregon's Department of Fish and Wildlife said removal will start after April 1.
Salmon-gobbling pinnipeds have been a problem in West Coast waters for more than a decade and at Bonneville Dam for about five years. About 100 California sea lions make the 150-mile trip upriver to feast on spawning salmon channeling into the dam's fish ladders, according to Oregon.
Only sea lions seen gobbling salmon between Jan. 1 and May 31 can be killed. Before sea lions can killed, fisheries managers will try to find them a new home.
© The Vancouver Sun 2008
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004294013_sealions20.html
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Yeah those pesky wild animals :-\
Maybe they should relocate some of the sea lions that hang around these places. ;D
Who are the top ten leading U.S. seafood restaurant chains?
Top Ten Leading U.S. Seafood Restaurant Chains
Restaurant Chain
Number of Outlets
Est. Sales ($Million)
Red Lobster (Darden Rest. Group)
680
$2,400
Landry’s/Joe’s Crab Shack/Chart House
300 +
$1,168.0
Long John Silvers (Yum Brands)
1,200
$800.0
Captain D’s Seafood
560
$506
McCormick & Schmick’s
57
$238
Bonefish Grill (Outback Steakhouse, Inc.)
63
$203.0
Legal Seafood
30
$150.0(est)
McGrath's Fish House
17
$68.0
Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
20
$65.0
Rockfish Seafood Grill
25
$50.0(est)
Shells Restaurant
25
$41.6