Re: What else would they eat?
Meanwhile, down south
The House Committee on Natural Resources has passed H.R. 564, the “Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act,” which authorizes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to issue one-year permits to Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and several tribal groups to lethally take non-endangered sea lions in order to protect endangered and threatened species of salmon.
http://www.cbbulletin.com/437691.aspx
Never say whoa in the middle of a mud hole