Tag Archives: Sea lions

NOAA Seal Posse Got The Wrong Guy

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Overreacting Karen calls officials when a tourist was looking at the scalped seal.

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Authorities had released a wanted flyer with his photo and offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to his arrest in connection to a decapitated sea lion found near Monterey.

As of Tuesday night, the man at the center of the case, Jason Bietz, reached out to FOX26 hoping to clear his name and get the truth out.

Bietz says he and his daughter were visiting Point Pinos Beach in Pacific Grove when they noticed a dead sea lion on the sand.

As they looked at the animal, he says a woman approached them and accused them of stabbing and decapitating it.

He says they were simply looking at the animal, but things got heated with the woman, so they left.

NOAA Seal Posse Got The Wrong Guy
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Orcas Dine On Sea Lions

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Good work of the seal posse helps feed the killer whales. Nature at it’s best.

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According to the person filming, Evan Brodsky, these orcas had just finished feeding on sea lions earlier that day. “They were spy hopping, breaching, pec-and-tail slapping and just very social and surface active!” Brodsky told KION. “The youngsters were chasing each other, and the group were rolling together with lots of touching.”

Orcas Dine On Sea Lions

Coyotes At The Beach Eating Seal Pups

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The more seals we protect, the more predators we attract.

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A study has shown that coyotes hunt harbor seals and their pups. This newly observed dynamic could have consequences for the region’s marine mammal populations.

The headless bodies began turning up in 2016, and Grimes wasn’t able to pin down what was behind them. She suspected it might be coyotes, as she had found tracks in the area — but coyotes were not known to go after live marine mammals.

Coyotes At The Beach Eating Seal Pups

Seal Posse Reins In ATC Hotel Project

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Did anyone ever ask the seals if they like the massaging action of the vibrating rocks?

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Residents opposing the ATC Hotel and Commercial Project – as it’s called by developers Comstock Homes – say the changes don’t go far enough. One longtime advocate for the harbor seals of a nearby pupping beach, Thom Akeman, says reducing the amount of granite excavation by 40 percent for underground parking is insufficient. “That underground garage will be the death knell for the harbor seals on the beach,” Akeman says. He’s worried constant jackhammering and construction noise will drive seals away forever.

Comstock representative Debra Geiler says the elimination of an underground garage closest to the beach and limiting excavation to a location up the hill should protect seals from noise and vibrations.

Seal Posse Reins In ATC Hotel Project

Sea Lion Population Triples

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More orcas and sharks will quickly follow. Thanks Thom Ache-man.

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But all the sea lions have caused problems.

They have broken docks and sunk boats at marinas. They have vexed salmon fishermen, following their boats and eating valuable fish off their lines.

“With some fishing days seeing as few as five to 10 fish, a commercial fisherman can still make money with 10 fish if they are $10 per pound, but if you’re losing them to sea lions that can have a major effect,” said John McManus, executive director of the Golden Gate Salmon Association in San Francisco.

Sea Lion Population Triples

Newcomer Ache-man Reports On Seals

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Ex Tree Posse now seal posse reports on The Warm Blob.

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Akeman and wife Kim monitor the seals year round and they’ve said the seals had a rough season in 2015.

Warm water temperatures from El Nino and the warm blob drove food sources farther out to sea last year. Seals starved to death and some had trouble during the pupping season.

“There have been a lot of shark bites we’ve seen on seals. This is their favorite food and some may have disappeared but we have seen a lot of survivors,” he said.

Newcomer Ache-man Reports On Seals

Why Are There More Sharks In The Bay?

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Think about it when seeing all those sea lions having babies on the fenced off shore.

Hungry Alien Sharks

David Ebert is the executive director of the Pacific Shark Research Center based at Moss Landing Marine Labs. He has participated in several programs, most recently working to catch and tag a megamouth shark in Taiwan.

He believes the Marine Mammal Protection Act has somewhat helped the shark population. More marine mammals for sharks to eat means more sharks.

Why Are There More Sharks In The Bay?

Sea Lion Posse Wants Your Tax Dollars

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Animal lovers want tax money to protect seals. Liken it to feeding stray cats. Keep protecting them and the population quickly increases, outstripping the food sources and attracting more predators.

Harbormaster with the city of Monterey, Steve Scheiblauer said last spring the number jumped to about 700 and with it came a lot starving juveniles.

“At that time the animals were young and thin very emaciated looking,” Scheiblauer said.

For many it was hard to watch the animals, which can be an annoyance to many boaters and fisherman but are also endearing.

“It’s hard to witness this kind of thing, but you know I have seen a lot of it and this is nature appears to be unfolding,” said Scheiblauer about the event in 2015.

Delong said the population is seeing its first big disturbance in decades thanks to the warm blob which has been pushing food sources farther out to sea.

Sea Lion Posse Wants Your Tax Dollars

Rules Are For Others, Not Kampe And Frutchey

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Nevermind the humans, close the beach for sea lions.

At a March 5 P.G. City Council meeting, numerous volunteers who help protect the seals urged the city to install bigger fencing to protect them. But before they even spoke, city
manager Tom Frutchey told the council that the city “will go ahead, and even without coastal commission approval, erect a more substantial barrier.” The city installed the lattice fencing not long after the meeting.

Rules Are For Others, Not Kemp And Frutchey