Editing California sea lion (section)

===Oregon and Washington state governments annual killings===
In November 2018, the State of Oregon obtained a permit to kill 93 California sea lions per year below Willamette Falls. Under a similar program, Oregon and Washington had killed over 150 California sea lions on the Columbia River by January 2019. In both cases, the purpose was to protect the local populations of fish (such as trout or salmon) from predation by the sea lions.<ref>{{cite news |last1=GILLIAN FLACCUS |title=Oregon begins killing sea lions after relocation fails |url=https://apnews.com/7e0991fa9f7f404e904bb271999b6e59 |access-date=10 January 2019 |work=Associated Press |date=10 January 2019 |quote=In a similar program, Oregon and Washington have already killed more than 150 sea lions below the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River to protect threatened and endangered salmon.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=California Sea Lion Management: Restoring balance between predators and salmon |publisher=[[Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife]] |access-date=17 October 2013 |url=http://www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/SeaLion/ |archive-date=17 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017233114/http://www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/SeaLion/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In August 2020, the federal government authorized the states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho as well as six [[Indian tribes in the United States|regional tribes]] to cull sea lions that preyed upon endangered species of fish in the [[Columbia River]] basin, allowing for the killing of up to 540 California sea lions and 176 Steller sea lions over the following five years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=<!-- 3:04 PM PDT --> August 14, 2020 |title=U.S. allows killing sea lions eating at-risk Northwest salmon |url=https://www.kgw.com/article/tech/science/environment/us-allows-killing-sea-lions-eating-at-risk-northwest-salmon/281-a8855794-eb91-4bca-87f3-03b47d20b843 |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=kgw.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Between 2020 and April 2023, Oregon killed 99 sea lions as part of this program.<ref>{{Cite web |date=<!-- 4:45 PM PDT --> April 11, 2023 |title=Battle over endangered fish has led Oregon to cull sea lions |url=https://www.kgw.com/article/tech/science/environment/oregon-killing-sea-lions-endangered-salmon-fish/283-6b208fa4-d642-411b-9574-d6096dbfdf73 |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=kgw.com |language=en-US}}</ref>