Originally published Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 2:45 PM

1st sea lion of year killed from Bonneville Dam

Oregon's Department of Fish and Wildlife says it has killed its first fish-eating California sea lion this year after capturing it at Bonneville Dam.

The Associated Press

BONNEVILLE, Ore. —

Oregon's Department of Fish and Wildlife says it has killed its first fish-eating California sea lion this year after capturing it at Bonneville Dam.

Department spokeswoman Jessica Sall says the animal killed Wednesday was one of 64 on a list of sea lions eligible to be euthanized after repeatedly eating Columbia River salmon. She tells The Oregonian that the animal has been seen at the dam for the past seven years.

Last year, 11 sea lions were killed after repeatedly eating fish near the dam and four others sent to a zoo or aquarium. Sall says no zoos or aquariums have agreed to take sea lions this year.

The Columbia has multiple runs of endangered and threatened wild salmon and steelhead. Critics say the sea lions do relatively little harm to fish, compared to fishermen and the dams themselves.

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Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com

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