After getting federal permission to kill some sea lions feeding on protected salmon as they spawn, Oregon officials now seek the approval to shoot a sea bird that's eating millions of baby salmon each year. The double-crested cormorant, which has an estimated 10,500 breeding pairs in one colony at the mouth of the Columbia River, ate 22.6 million young salmon and steelhead last year, said Dan Roby, a professor of wildlife ecology at Oregon State University studying the birds.
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“Oregon officials … want federal approval to shoot a sea bird that eats millions of baby salmon trying to reach the ocean. Oregon needs federal approval to start shooting double-crested cormorants because the birds are protected und... Read Post
And now want to kill birds too: Oregon officials were successful in getting permission to kill sea lions that feed on protected salmon trying to swim upriver to spawn. Now they want federal approval to shoot a sea bird that … Contin... Read Post
GRANTS PASS — Oregon officials were successful in getting permission to kill sea lions that feed on protected salmon trying to swim upriver to spawn. Now they want federal approval to shoot a sea bird that eats millions of baby salm... Read Post