SUFB 151: Climate Change and Over Fishing Killing Baby Sea Lions - a podcast by Andrew Lewin

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

 

What will happen to the Sea Lion babies that I saw in the
article's image? The Pacific Marine Mammal Centre will bring them
back to health, but will eventually have to release them and that
is a problem. Lack of food source and rapidly changing waters
cannot be good for this sea lion population. 

 

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