article_snippet: California sea lions and harbor seals rest on the docks of the East End Mooring Basin in Astoria, Oregon on Tuesday.
article_snippet: sea lions seats are largely at the Port of Astoria's East End Mooring Basin, which has two docks for boats, and two unofficially for sea lions, that also cover the rock breakwaters surrounding the marina.
article_snippet: Beating how many sea lions back: Orange ribbon is shown placed along a dock of the East End Mooring Basin in Astoria, Oregon.
article_snippet: The Port of Astoria has successfully used Orange ribbon to deter sea lions from jumping onto a dock of the East End Mooring Basin in Astoria, Oregon .
article_snippet: Amid the issues of sea lion predation, The Port of Astoria has maintained The Port of Astoria only wants to keep sea lions from damaging The Port of Astoria docks, estimating more than $100,000 in damage to utilities and the docks themselves from sea lions.
article_snippet: The Port of Astoria has removed docks, disconnected utilities from the two that the sea lions inhabit and strung brightly colored surveying tape, which has effectively dissuaded the animals from jumping onto the docks themselves from sea lions with boats still tied to the animals. '
article_snippet: now — to keep sea lions from jumping up on docks.
article_snippet: The Port of Astoria will be meeting with Smith-Root Fisheries Technology next week, which creates a low-voltage matting for docks that is uncomfortable for sea lions.
article_snippet: The Port of Astoria started shutting down the causeway to the East End Mooring Basin when ODFW is trapping and branding sea lions to track sea lions, a practice authorized in 2012 by NOAA and not as deadly as the euthanizations at Bonneville Dam, but nonetheless controversial.
article_snippet: Amid the issues of sea lion predation, The Port of Astoria has maintained The Port of Astoria only wants to keep sea lions from damaging The Port of Astoria docks, estimating more than $100,000 in damage to utilities and the docks themselves from sea lions .