Mar. 18, 2008: NOAA Fisheries Service announced that it is granting the request from Washington, Oregon and Idaho for authority to remove California sea lions that feed on ESA-listed salmon in the Columbia River Basin.

• News release (PDF 39KB)
• Federal Register notice (PDF 74KB)
• Letter of Authorization to Oregon; letters to Washington & Idaho have the same language (PDF 414KB)
• Final Environmental Assessment (EA); red-lined to show differences between draft & final (PDF 1.1MB)
• EA Chapter 8, Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) (PDF 208KB)
• MMPA Sec. 120 permanent removal fact sheet (PDF 73KB)
• Columbia River pinniped fact sheet (PDF 61KB)