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Tom:
Chris looked out the window this afternoon and saw a seal in our bay. We often see seals that have wandered upriver from San Francisco Bay, but rarely after February. They usually feed gorge on the striped bass in the California Delta, and chase the schools away.

I grabbed my camera, but wasn't able to snap a picture when s/he surfaced again. I have pictures from earlier years around here somewhere, although they're not very clear. Meanwhile, striper fishing will be the pits until the school returns.

Tom and Margi:
Same problem with seals where the Rogue River empties into the Pacific Ocean at Gold Beach, OR when the salmon begin their run up the river at various times of the year. 
 
Margi

Tom:
Margi, I can't begin to imagine the seals gorging on salmon, especially in the estuary. We're a long way upriver, so we only see the wayward seals. They'll usually hang out on the navigation buoys in the river.

Tom and Margi:
Here is a pretty balanced (pro vs. con) discussion of the problem from a local PBS station.
 
http://www.opb.org/programs/ofg/segments/view/1010
 
Margi

Tom:
Interesting discussion, thanks for the link. I'm surprised we haven't seen/heard more discussions like that. When we enter the Monterey Harbor, there's always several large 'pods' of seals right there.

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