National Marine Fisheries Service issues permit authorizing Eligible Entities to Lethally remove CSL and SSL

On August 14, 2020, NMFS approved with certain conditions the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, and the Willamette Committees’ June 13, 2019, application requesting authorization under section 120(f) of the MMPA to remove (i.e., place in permanent captivity or kill) California sea lions (CSL) and the eastern stock of Steller sea lions (SSL), collectively referred to as sea lions, that are located in the mainstem of the Columbia River between river mile 112 and river mile 292, or in any tributary (below river mile 292) to the Columbia River that includes spawning habitat of threatened or endangered salmon or steelhead.