Court blocks killing of salmon-eating sea lions
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 02:00
in Earth & Climate
A federal appeals court panel says targeting the predators was inconsistent with letting fishermen catch even more of the Columbia River stock.A federal appeals court Tuesday halted the killing of sea lions that had been feeding on endangered salmon along the Columbia River, pointing out contradictions in the government's conservation policy that targets the natural predators while allowing fishermen to take many more of the scarce fish.