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Archive Home > 2009 > November > 07 > Despite killing of sea lions, Columbia salmon toll rises

Despite killing of sea lions, Columbia salmon toll rises

By Jeff Barnard / The Bulletin
November 7, 2009

Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River.

A new report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates sea lions ate 4,960 salmon and steelhead during the spring of 2009 — 2.4....

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