Don Young actually said...

There is no shortage of sea lions, none. The pups are growing.

The fact is there are probably more sea lions now in that area than there ever has been.

We have spent $150 million in sea lion research since the Fiscal Year of, I believe it is 2001. And we still do not have any scientific info...

the Agency cannot say with any certainty what is causing the population decline, but fishermen and again paying the price.