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[troutbreath]

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

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[coryandtrevor]

Yeah those pesky wild animals

Maybe they should relocate some of the sea lions that hang around these places. 

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