The number one graphic from Cowichan Bay is an example of that. The infrastructure put in there to protect the vessels in the harbour is now taken over by sea lions through three months. You can't go onto that dock safely. That's a huge concern. In our fisheries, the number of seals and sea lions inside nets is a danger. We have a huge population of sea lions along the outer coast of our Gulf Islands. Going along there in a kayak is threatening to people now, because there are so many of them. There are instances of sea lions coming up to wharfs and yanking children off the wharfs, and doing the same in boats.
On April 27th, 2023. See this statement in context.