MOSS LANDING HAS SOLVED THE PROBLEM OF DEALING WITH NOISY SEA LIONS IN AND AROUND ITS HARBOR. THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CHASE AWAY THE ANIMALS USING MOTION SENSOR WATER SPIGOTS AND AIRSOFT GUNS IN THE PAST, BUT THESE TACTICS DID NOT WORK FOR LONG. THERE WERE EVEN PEOPLE WHO TRIED WALKING UP TO THE SEA LIONS TO TRY TO VERBALLY “SHOO” THEM AWAY, BUT ENDED UP BEING CHASED AWAY BY THE LIONS THEMSELVES. HARBORMASTER LINDA McINTYRE HAS PURCHSED NINE AIRDANCERS, THE LARGE INFLATABLE FAN-DRIVEN DEVICES THAT MOVE IN A DANCING OR FLAILING MOTION. THE AIRDANCERS ARE POSITONED IN VARIOUS SPOTS THROUGHOUT THE SIX HUNDRED AND TEN SHIP HARBOR AND, ACCORDING TO MCINTYRE, ARE DOING AN EFFECTIVE JOB WITHOUT DISTURBING THE SEA LIONS NATURAL BEHAVIOR
