Sea lions are a unique and important part of our biodiversity.
They are a precious marine mammal that we need to protect. This year a limit of 65 fishing related sea lion deaths has been set which is lower than last year's limit of 67. The fishing industry are also taking steps to reduce marine mammal by-catch. These include a device that, if successful, would automatically eject live sea lions from the trawl net. The device consists of a grid on the trawl net that allows squid to pass through, but enables marine mammals such as sea lions to exit through an escape hatch.