Reply to Roberts et al.: Faith in no fishery impact on New Zealand sea lions based on misunderstandings and unsubstantiated claims [Biological Sciences]

In Meyer et al. (1), we fitted a Bayesian state-space Gompertz population model to assess whether the implementation of sea lion exclusion devices (SLEDs) in trawl fisheries has served to protect New Zealand sea lions (NZSLs) or obscured ongoing mortality. We found strong evidence of obscured ongoing mortality. Roberts et...

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