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 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The competition between protected sea lions gobbling Columbia River salmon and impatient humans with empty fishing lines has led to vigilante action.
A fisherman shot a sea lion who stole a salmon off the line of a fellow angler Wednesday at a popular fishing spot near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers. The sea lion was hit twice but reported alive in the river Wednesday night.
Fishermen have complained that the sea lions eat too many salmon at Bonneville Dam, about 50 miles upriver from the confluence at Portland, as well as elsewhere on the two rivers.
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