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07/04/2023

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05/02/2023

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04/29/2023

On April 3, a Portland man captured video of a boat with fishing gear weaving back and forth, appearing to try to intentionally hit dozens of sea lions swimming.

04/29/2023

Someone drove their boat through a group of California sea lions resting in the Columbia River earlier this month, and NOAA is now offering a reward of up to $2

04/29/2023

04/29/2023

NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information that leads to a civil penalty or criminal conviction of the boater observed driving through

04/29/2023

A fishing boat was spotted driving through resting sea lions and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is now offering a reward for information that leads to a penalty or their convic…

04/29/2023

NOAA says the boater was seen driving through resting California sea lions in the Columbia River on April 3, near Hayden Island.

04/29/2023

Federal authorities have offered a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to penalties for the Columbia River boat operator who was captured on video driving through sea lions near Hayden Island earlier this month.

04/29/2023

On April 3, a Portland man captured video of a boat with fishing gear weaving back and forth, appearing to try to intentionally hit dozens of sea lions swimming.

04/18/2023

The Marine Mammal Center said the man's actions were illegal and in violation of the...

04/13/2023

Kobi 5

Author: KGW Staff PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Last week, KGW reported on video captured on the Columbia River near Hayden Island that showed a boater deliberately veering toward groups of sea lions, seemingly trying to hit or harass the creatures. Many people were outraged at the video, though the boat...

04/12/2023

USA Today

Video footage has surfaced showing a fishing boat speeding across the Columbia River and running over sea lions in clear violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

04/12/2023

TEAR Outdoor Adventures

These are at the docks in Rainier, OR. A little ways from home.

04/12/2023

KGW - NBC

While sea lions are generally protected under federal law, their voracious appetite for salmon has resulted in the killing of nearly 400 of the animals in Or...

04/12/2023

Daily Journalist

Video footage shows a fishing boat speeding across the Columbia River and running over sea lions violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act.The footage, capt...

04/12/2023

Inside Edition called me within hours of taking this video on the Columbia. I was on the local news after a neighbor posted it on Social Media.

I'm just an average guy who grew up in the city I still live in and love. I appreciate different perspectives. I try to keep mine fluid - I live on an Island - in the PDX flight path.

Portland Oregon is the Greatest City in the World!

It's all about perspective. This is my home.

And - they have never found this boater..and it surely doesn't matter in the scheme of things. People talked, awareness was raised, perspectives were shared.

✌️- the guy behind the camera

Authorities are now searching for a boater who possibly tried to run over a herd of sea lions. Michael Brady was recording from a dock in Portland, Oregon, w...

04/12/2023

The Oregonian

Federal and Multnomah County law enforcement officers reportedly are investigating a boat that apparently targeted sea lions on the Columbia River at high sp...

04/12/2023

KGW - NBC

Though sea lions generally benefit from federal protections, their voracious appetite for salmon has provoked Oregon into culling hundreds of them.

04/07/2023

Tribal Impact

50 years ago, President Nixon signed the Marine Mammal Protection Act into law. The act has been hugely successful in restoring the abundance of the marine species it protects. But Washington tribes say their treaty rights to fishing are now under threat because too many seals and sea lions are feas...

04/07/2023

NOAA

California sea lions are "eared seals" native to the West Coast of North America. They live in coastal waters and on beaches, docks, buoys, and jetties. Learn more about California sea lions.

04/07/2023

Sport Fishing Magazine

Chinook salmon populations along the Northern Washington Coast and Puget Sound are plummeting, but a simple and cost-effective way to increase salmon numbers may be to reduce ravenous predators of the anadromous fish.

04/07/2023

Seattle Times

A new state report says the booming population of seals and sea lions is likely impeding salmon recovery efforts. Lethal intervention is under discussion.

04/07/2023

NW Sportsman Magazine

The sexy stuff today was 2023's salmon numbers, some of which – Puget Sound coho and pinks, coastal silvers – look pretty enticing, but Washington fishery managers also used the North of Falcon forecast reveal to update anglers on other fronts to get behind: doing something about harbor seal pre...

04/07/2023

The Oregonian

A video captured by a Portland man showing a fishing boat repeatedly charging large groups of sea lions underscores the animosity many fishers feel toward sea lions and their fondness for consuming endangered salmon and other prized fish.

04/07/2023

ODFW

Columbia and Willamette river salmon and steelhead face serious threats from California and Steller sea lions that prey on fish waiting to move up the fish ladders at Bonneville Dam and Willamette Falls and other pinch points. Since the 1990s, a small number of habituated male sea lions have consume...

04/04/2023

****This is the Original Video****

5:15pm 4/3/2023

If you have kids..and you're teaching them about nature..and you take them to the river..how do you explain this to a child..as a parent...teaching about responsibility...rules...how to deal with frustration ✌️ ???

A Rare Gathering of this size. Sea Lions followed the Salmon Run 60 miles up the Columbia River from the Pacific Ocean. Portland, Oregon