I worked on an albacore boat one summer. I could not believe how much the captain loathed sea lions. Told me not to even think of tossing them anchovies (we had two tanks full of them). As far as he was concerned the only good sea lion was a dead one.
He was right.
We had one climb up our stern ramp to get away from killer whales that had tried getting it. He didn’t want to get off, but was persuaded with a fish pew. Figure it was an Orca as it was a little torn up? They followed the cod end up A couple times as the gear came up to eat the fish that fell out.
Also heard of a Captain that shot a sea lion once back in the early 80s, but that was 2nd hand info. Knowing the captain, it happened.