States authorized to remove sea lions that threaten protected salmon

NOAA's Fisheries Service said today it was authorizing Idaho, Oregon and Washington to permanently remove the specific California sea lions eating the imperiled salmon and steelhead that congregate below Bonneville Dam as they head up the Columbia River to spawn. The authorization becomes effective on March 20 and stays in effect until the end of May 2016.

Read more http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2012/20120315_sealion.html