VIDEO Boater targets sea lions on the Columbia River off Hayden Island

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland man captured a gut-wrenching video of a boat with fishing gear, weaving back and forth, appearing to try to intentionally hit dozens of sea lions swimming around Hayden Island off the Columbia River on Monday, April 3. Sea lions are federally protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act — making it illegal to harass, hunt or kill any marine mammals. “Whoever was driving it, they went right through the pack of the first one and it was kind of [like he] was trying to hit every pack and I just looked around me and everybody…