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The New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri) or "Hooker's Sea Lion" is a species of sea lion that breeds around the coast of the South Island of New Zealand and Stewart Island, to some extent, and to a greater extent around much smaller islands further south, notably the Auckland Islands. As one of the larger New Zealand animals, it has been a protected species since the 1890s.

There was thought to be a population of around 15,000 in the mid-1990s. This may have declined somewhat since an outbreak of disease in 1998 caused the deaths of 20% of adult females and 50% of pups that year. Estimates (based on pup-counts) are about 13,000 for 2004.

A judgment of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand issued on 7 April 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, with the reasons issued separately on 13 July 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co (CA39/04), overturned a restrictive decision by the Minister of Fisheries , which had been based on advice from the Ministry of FisheriesMany states have set up government departments, usually called ministries, which regulate fisheries management within the state's exclusive economic zone. Examples include: Ministry for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Sweden Ministry of Agriculture, Fishe; the Court allowed squidThis article is about the sea animal. For other uses of "squid", see Squid (disambiguation). Myopsina Oegopsina The squid is a marine mollusk of the class Cephalopoda, subclass Coleoidea, order Teuthida of which there are two major suborders, Myopsina and fishers a bycatch of up to 124 sea lions in the 2004 season, as against the 62 specified by the Minister. As the species is considered to be far from "endangered", the Court considered that the Minister's imposition of the lower figure (one of the lowest ever imposed in the 20-year history of such restrictions) was going beyond what the law required.