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MARK HARRISON / THE SEATTLE TIMES
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Snacking sea lions scarfing up sparse Columbia chinook run

A sea-lion bull chows down on a spring chinook near the base of the Bonneville Dam. California sea lions are gathering in increasing numbers below the dam to feast on salmon and steelhead preparing to enter the fish ladders.