It might be easier to trap and remove sea lions in Oregon, it's a different story in Washington state, because they can only ...

Sea lions preying on migrating salmon and steelhead is an ongoing problem in local rivers. The sea lions' appetites are impacting vulnerable fish runs. Now, the Washington Department of Fish and ...

similar to feasting grounds the sea lions have established further upriver, on the rocks below Bonneville Dam and at Willamette Falls. In those two spots, tribes and state fishery managers pushed for ...

Working closely with treaty tribes at Bonneville Dam, Washington and Oregon wildlife agencies have removed 98 Steller sea lions and 84 California sea lions. The state of Oregon also has been ...

Only Washington, Oregon, and Idaho officials applied for kill permits. They set up platforms with cage traps near Bonneville Dam on the Columbia, onto which sea lions voluntarily climbed to rest.

Oregon and Washington will reopen sport salmon fishing Friday below Bonneville Dam. Anglers will get three days ... coupled with the presence of a large number of sea lions during the first spring ...

The battle between sea lions, salmon and fishermen has been ... because we have been trapping at Bonneville Dam and Willamette Falls,” said Michelle Dennehy, a spokesperson with the Oregon ...