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Ministry of Fisheries proposes fishing industry free to kill endangered sea lions

The Ministry of Fisheries is proposing that the southern squid fishery should have no limits on how many critically endangered New Zealand sea lions it can kill.

 “The sea lion population is in decline, and the number of pups born has fallen 49 per cent since 1998,” said Forest & Bird Marine Conservation Advocate Katrina Subedar….

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