Feds: Kill Sea Lions to Protect Salmon
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A federal agency recommended killing about 30 sea lions a year at a Columbia River dam where the marine animals feast on salmon migrating upriver to spawn
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Fire retardants used worldwide in manufacturing vehicle parts and computers have been found in Puget Sound orcas, raising new concerns about the long-term health of the region's killer whales, a new Canadian study shows.
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Up to 60 protected gray seals have been killed off the west coast of Ireland in what a wildlife group described as slaughter. The Irish Seal Sanctuary said the seals -- most of them pups
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AS the Pacific Northwest debates the Bush administration&#39;s recent proposal to count hatchery fish alongside wild fish in applying the Endangered Species Act - and its new plan to cut
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Wolves will remain protected for now in Wyoming, where officials want to manage the animals by killing some, even as they come off the endangered species list in five other states, federal officials said Friday.
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By Wesley Loy, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Dec. 14--Southeast Alaska seine-boat salmon fishermen might buy out some of their ranks and trim the size of the fleet using money Congress approved last week.
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Eighteen prominent scientists and researchers say there is no question that sea lice from fish farms are lethal to wild salmon, no evidence to the contrary and a need for greater protection.
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Washington state's resident killer whales, with two newborns in tow, dodged a potentially lethal roadblock in their voyage south to feast on a healthy run of chum salmon, experts say.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums (AMMPA) is encouraging the U.S. government and the public to act now to protect polar bears from the life-threatening effects of melting sea ice in the arctic. In a letter to the U.S.
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The National Marine Fisheries Service proposed a recovery plan Tuesday for Puget Sound's endangered population of killer whales, including new research, better coordination with other government agencies and cleanup and closer monitoring of polluted sites.
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An outbreak of distemper has been killing seal pups off the coast of Denmark, authorities said Saturday, warning that thousands of seals could die if the disease spreads to other northern European countries.
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Scientists have called for almost a third of the world's oceans to be turned into protected areas for marine wildlife - to maintain food supplies and stop damage to underwater habitats and wildlife.
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The U.S. Navy says it will deploy marine mammals trained to detect waterborne attackers at a Washington state sub base
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Oregon and Washington are drafting a proposal for "limited selected lethal removal" of protected California sea lions in the Columbia River to ease pressure on the spring chinook salmon run.
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By JESSICA VAN SACK  The tragedy of four fallen fishermen has become a rallying cry for politicians hoping to reform marine regulations they say threaten the lives of men at sea with too-restrictive limits on the number of days boats may head out.
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Canadian wild salmon are being driven to extinction by outbreaks of parasites from fish farms, a study claims.
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An outbreak of distemper kills at least 41 seal pups, whose carcasses have washed up on a Danish island.