SUFB 151: Climate Change and Over Fishing Killing Baby Sea Lions

It's the article you don't want to read. I came across thisarticle and saw three tiny baby Sea Lions in a cage travelling tothe Pacific Marine Mammal Centre to get the care they need afterbeing stranded due to malnutrition. The Problem? Their mother'scannot produce the amount of milk necessary to feed them enough togrow the fat they need to survive in the cool waters of the PacificOcean. Climate Change is thought to be one of the culprits of thismalnutrition as it is forcing the sea lion's prey species to moveNorth into cooler waters. In addition, the sea lion's favouriteprey, the sardine, has undergone a collapse in population in 2012due to over fishing. 

 

What will happen to the Sea Lion babies that I saw in thearticle's image? The Pacific Marine Mammal Centre will bring themback to health, but will eventually have to release them and thatis a problem. Lack of food source and rapidly changing waterscannot be good for this sea lion population. 

 

I do have a solution for the government. Take a listen to thepodcast to find out what that solution is and let me know if youagree.