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FISHING FLASHER: Northern and California Sealions fishing flasher
Dec 13 2006
sea lion with flasher
Feb, 2005
sea lion with flasher sea lion with flasher sea lion with flasher
flasher ring on neck of sea lion flasher on sea lion
Video of a California Sea lion with fishing flasher, also photographed in the fall 2004. This file shows plastic neck rings from commercial fishing nets around the neck of a sea lion. This northern sea lion showed up on Middle Rock in February of 2009 . Note the ridge formed by the ring toward the head end. Photo by Ryan This Northern sea lion was photographed on August 15, 2007 by Roth Wehrell. UVIc.
See this file on boat and fishing gear injuries observed in the fall of 2009
injuries of sea lions
We see this event all too often at Race Rocks. Fishers must take responsibility for removing fishing gear from the water when marine mammals are nearby. Not only is it expensive to loose equipment, the impact on these sea lions is uncertain. If the animal succeeds in breaking the leader for the flasher, then the animal only has to contend with the hook down in the stomach. It is not known how this effects sea lion mortality.
See also : Entanglement of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in marine debris: Identifying causes and finding solutions . Kimberly L. Raum-Suryana, Lauri A. Jemisonb and Kenneth W. Pitcherc. marine Pollution Bulletin, 2009, 06, 004

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.06.004

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Go to the file on the California Sea lion
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