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| FISHING FLASHER: Northern and California Sealions |
Dec 13 2006
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| 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 |
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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. |
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