Real tough guy. With any luck the same thing will happen to him in jail.
I don't think the guy was trying to act tough. I think he was just trying to fish and sea lions make it extremely difficult.
My father-in-law was a commercial fisherman and the sea lions were a huge problem for fishermen. Are people evil for killing termites that are destroying their house? What living things are alright to kill?
This story is UTTER CRAP! Come visit me next winter here in the Seattle area and I’ll give you a knife and all the opportunity you can ever desire to try and stab a Sea Lion. Even if by some very lucky chance you could get close enough all the knife would do is piss them off or maybe make them back away. Have you ever seen UP CLOSE the rips the males do to each other when they are just playing. You should see the bigger males after they get back here from a summer at the rookeries. Numerous open wounds. This female had to have been caught or trapped to have done this!! I think we all need a bit more info. Personally, one less sea lion is a good thing especially the breeders.