Across the board we have allowed a small minority of people with radical ideas shape our society. Feel good groups have turned species like the seals and sea lions gain an imbalance in nature by artificially "protecting" them . At the Ballard locks Herschel was finally given a death warrant by the govt...It was finally legal to kill the big fish killing machine and yet we wouldn't do it for fear of criticism by the radical animal rights nuts. So we put brands on their backs and name them and let them overpopulate to the detriment of ESA listed fish runs. What a joke. I'm not sure what the answer is but we should explore an answer to a severe problem.

The Makah tribe in Neah Bay has done a good job of trimming the herd of sea lions up there. Nice and quiet but they have taken control. Especially when the Makahs were given the right to harvest sea urchins...The biggest predator of the sea urchin besides commercial fishermen is the sea otter. Those cute little fuzzy things will not stand in the way of the Makahs harvesting sea urchins...and the sea lions will not threaten their nets....bang bang your dead.