Pinniped predation on salmon and sturgeon has not been natural since the construction of the dams where fish get bottle-necked into fish ladders where they can be preyed upon.
I wonder how people would feel if the tribes were allowed to hunt sea lions...
Anything to avoid laying the blame where is belongs..on mankind. They keep using the term..endangered Salmon..they are endangered due to over fishing, and habitat destruction. Period! Fishermen are allowed to use Gill nets, which can't distinguish between hatchery fish and wild fish.
Heres an idea. Leave the sea lions alone. To kill any animal for your greed is ludicrious. Oh so the seals eat salmon, and you want to eat the salmon yourself. Heres an idea, go vegan and you'll do fine and no living being will have to loose thier lives. Dispicable. And any vet who says oh, go ahead and lethally inject them or a gunshot to the head, shouldn't be licensed as a vet. This disgusts me.
What I'm hearing is these fish are endangered "no reason given yet" 2:25 min... so the need to euthanize sea lions is most appropriate? WTF, stop over fishing for nothing more than greed -- oh and profit of course - because if there was no profit, nobody would give a damn what those sea lions ate. The fact they don't want cameras speak loudly...13% human fishing vs. 4% seal fishing.... no balance here.
By the way, they are going to kill them in secret so that the public will not see the carnage. If there is no problem with their program, why hide it? Why not film it and release that film to all interested parties? Because they now there would be an outraged public outcry. YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK FOR A FEW FISHERMEN.
These protesters give enviros a bad name: this sea lion population is a Marine Mammal Protection Act success story, it's a healthy local population. These protesters don't really care about salmon, they just don't want any of us to eat salmon (or sea lions, or deer, or elk), they want us all to live separate from our ecosystem. If they're really concerned, they'll invest themselves in changing the hydropower system and breaching some dams, not trying to make us part of their vegan religion.
This is totally and completely heartwrenching! Nature hates a vacuum!! They can kill the sea lions, but they will continue to come back because there will be a sea lion (wildlife) void which will again need to be filled. How are they going to prevent this from reoccuring after the initial mass slaughter. This will be a continuing problem until people realize they have to coexist & accomodate the wildlife's need to eat as well.
Human's don't predate on Salmon? And he calls himself a scientist!
Pinniped predation on salmon and sturgeon has not been natural since the construction of the dams where fish get bottle-necked into fish ladders where they can be preyed upon.
I wonder how people would feel if the tribes were allowed to hunt sea lions...
Trichomes503 1 year ago
Anything to avoid laying the blame where is belongs..on mankind. They keep using the term..endangered Salmon..they are endangered due to over fishing, and habitat destruction. Period! Fishermen are allowed to use Gill nets, which can't distinguish between hatchery fish and wild fish.
thedevilsdaughter65 2 years ago
The government is so corrupt. Their response to anything getting in the way of making more money is kill them all
Avoice4theUnheard 3 years ago
Heres an idea. Leave the sea lions alone. To kill any animal for your greed is ludicrious. Oh so the seals eat salmon, and you want to eat the salmon yourself. Heres an idea, go vegan and you'll do fine and no living being will have to loose thier lives. Dispicable. And any vet who says oh, go ahead and lethally inject them or a gunshot to the head, shouldn't be licensed as a vet. This disgusts me.
androclestipster 3 years ago
What I'm hearing is these fish are endangered "no reason given yet" 2:25 min... so the need to euthanize sea lions is most appropriate? WTF, stop over fishing for nothing more than greed -- oh and profit of course - because if there was no profit, nobody would give a damn what those sea lions ate. The fact they don't want cameras speak loudly...13% human fishing vs. 4% seal fishing.... no balance here.
DianeDi 3 years ago
By the way, they are going to kill them in secret so that the public will not see the carnage. If there is no problem with their program, why hide it? Why not film it and release that film to all interested parties? Because they now there would be an outraged public outcry. YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK FOR A FEW FISHERMEN.
fishmarc 3 years ago
the damn sea lions are taking our nets our poles and our fish we have on the line
jacobhunts 3 years ago
Death to all sea lions!!!!!!
raultalbot7 3 years ago
These protesters give enviros a bad name: this sea lion population is a Marine Mammal Protection Act success story, it's a healthy local population. These protesters don't really care about salmon, they just don't want any of us to eat salmon (or sea lions, or deer, or elk), they want us all to live separate from our ecosystem. If they're really concerned, they'll invest themselves in changing the hydropower system and breaching some dams, not trying to make us part of their vegan religion.
MickFinn2001 3 years ago
This is totally and completely heartwrenching! Nature hates a vacuum!! They can kill the sea lions, but they will continue to come back because there will be a sea lion (wildlife) void which will again need to be filled. How are they going to prevent this from reoccuring after the initial mass slaughter. This will be a continuing problem until people realize they have to coexist & accomodate the wildlife's need to eat as well.
Human's don't predate on Salmon? And he calls himself a scientist!
lolaarapow 3 years ago
Safety issues my ASS. Stupid, stupid, stupid people.
Good job, Matt!
chardunk 3 years ago