Getting rid of a sea lion

Getting rid of a sea lion

David Sparks Ph.D.
David Sparks Ph.D.
Chad Hood was halibut fishing in Alaska, caught a 60 pounder but a bull sea lion came up and ate it all. Since that's been happening a lot. I asked if authorities could eliminate the problem by harvesting the sea lion. That was the first they had seen the sea lion in the harbor, but it had been up to shenanigans the previous season. And I think when we told our story to local folks about the rotten sea lion, I don't think they took any action while we were there, but they were monitoring it. And we're going to hopefully get someone with Alaskan descent that are allowed to harvest sea lions to take care of it. I know similar problems exist in Oregon, and if I'm not mistaken, at least fish and game is chartered with quote unquote reducing the population. Same thing in Alaska, specifically with the indigenous population? They're kind of exempt from the Marine Mammal Protection Act or whatever that's called. What do you do with a 2000 pound sea lion? The thing is massive, so I don't think anyone's really excited to harvest it because they're gigantic, massive muscle and blubber. And they're, I guess they're not really very good to eat. But yeah, it's a total safety hazard, especially for you. Get tourists in there that don't know what's going on like us. And here you are with the massive animal that could decide that you look pretty good in the water. Speaker1: Yeah, the hunter becomes the hunted.
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