Sea lion C404 is seen in the fish ladder at Bonneville Dam Tuesday, March 21, 2006, in Cascade Locks, Ore. Numerous sea lions head for the dam each spring, but C404 is in a class alone. Extra gates, firecrackers, rockets, and rubber bullets so far haven't kept the whiskered rascal out. They will have to think up new strategies, but can't kill C404 because sea lions are protected under the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
"can't kill C404 because sea lions are protected under the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act."
So don't kill him. Move him somewhere he can't be a bother. Like Wyoming.
I always wondered WTF they were thinking in San Fran with the marina taken over by seals there. Were I a boat owner there, I'd have hired a lesser diplomat from the UN to take a free trip to San Fran, bringing a good-sized gun to the docks to dispatch every damn one of the flippered nuisances.