Conservationists fear scores of endangered sea lions could be drowning in gillnets off the WA coast every year and have called for an urgent review of fishery rules.
It follows the release of data in State Parliament showing four sea lions drowned in the nets in the past three years, two in 2009 and two last year.
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It follows the release of data in State Parliament showing four sea lions drowned in the nets in the past three years, two in 2009 and two last year.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/14961110/alert-on-walls-of-death-fishing/