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December 13, 2018

Bill OK'd to allow killing sea lions

PORTLAND (AP) — Congress has agreed to make it easier to kill sea lions threatening fragile runs of salmon in the Northwest.

OPB reports that a bill approved by the House Tuesday changes the Marine Mammal Protection Act to lift some of the restrictions on killing sea lions to protect salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River and its tributaries. The measure had previously passed the Senate.


 
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