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In this conservation battle, it's salmon versus sea lions

Today, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee passed a bill co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell that authorizes permits to shoot up to 900 sea lions a year that are feeding on endangered salmon and steelhead runs.

We look at the unusual battle between the two protected animals with Guido Rahr, president and CEO of the Wild Salmon Center and Naomi Rose, marine mammal scientist at the Animal Welfare Institute in Washington, D.C.

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