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speaking out against thi Me too! On 24/10/12 8:25 AM, Tom & Terri wrote: > I for one will give two huge thumbs up! > Just speaking from life experiences as a life long seaside resident and > one who derives mostly all my living on or from the water I feel this is > way over do. > Tom K > @ Seal infested > Canso > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* James W. Wolford <mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > *To:* NatureNS <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > *Cc:* Jim Wolford <mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca> ; Mike Dadswell > <mailto:mike.dadswell@acadiau.ca> > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 23, 2012 4:51 PM > *Subject:* [NatureNS] Massive grey seal cull set to get Senate > panel's approval -- Gulf of St. Lawrence plan makes no sense, > Dalhousie biologist says -- CBC News N.S., Oct. 23/12 > > Go to cbc.ca/news/ns/ to find this story and photo & video plus the > links below to related stories. > > Also three cheers for Jeff Hutchings of Dalhousie Univ. Biology for > speaking out against this cull. Jeff is a champion for marine > biodiversity, and he maintains, among other things, that marine > ecosystems are complex, involving many components of food webs etc., > so the outcome of a cull is unpredictable and will not be measurable > in any way in any case. This will not be any kind of properly > designed real experiment -- the same probably applies to the recent > controversy on "fertilizing the ocean" on the West Coast off the > Queen Charlotte Islands with powdered iron sulphate, in attempt to > cause a bloom of phytoplankton to both help wild salmon and absorb > some of our massive amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide. See last > Saturday's "Quirks and Quarks" show at cbc.ca/quirks/ for some > discussion of this attempt at geo-engineering or ocean fertilization. > > On the radio today, Jeff H. pessimistically guessed that there was a > good chance that the Canadian Senate will allow this proposed cull > of grey seals to go ahead. Perhaps their decision has already been > announced? > > Cheers? from Jim in Wolfville. > > *Related Stories* > European seal cull called hypocritical > <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/10/10/nl-seal-cull-europe-1010.html> > Gulf grey seal hunt a bust > <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/03/15/nl-grey-seal-315.html> > Scientists call for experimental cull of 73,000 seals > <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2011/03/23/ns-seal-cull-experiment.html> > *External Links* > Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat report on grey seals > <http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas-sccs/Publications/SAR-AS/2010/2010_071-eng.html> > >> *Subject: **Massive grey seal cull set to get Senate panel's >> approval -- Gulf of St. Lawrence plan makes no sense, Dalhousie >> biologist says -- CBC News N.S., Oct. 23/12* >> >> from cbc.ca/news/ns/ , Tues., Oct. 23, 2012 >> >> Massive grey seal cull set to get Senate panel's approval >> <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2012/10/23/nl-senate-grey-seals-cull-1023.html> >> Read 134 >> <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/10/23/nl-senate-grey-seals-cull-1023.html#socialcomments> >> comments >> <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/10/23/nl-senate-grey-seals-cull-1023.html#socialcomments> >> 134 >> <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/10/23/nl-senate-grey-seals-cull-1023.html#socialcomments>video >> >> BEWARE: PHOTO shown at the video link is NOT A GREY SEAL, but is a >> YOUNG HARP SEAL!! [When will the media have their files of seal >> photos examined by people who know how to identify the various >> species, not many in this area but having various pelages at >> different ages and sexes??][JW] >> >> *Massive grey seal cull set to get Senate panel's approval* >> >> *Gulf of St. Lawrence plan makes no sense, Dalhousie biologist says* >> >> * >> * >> >> CBC News <http://www.cbc.ca/news/credit.html>Posted: Oct 23, 2012 >> 8:48 AM AT Last Updated: Oct 23, 2012 2:04 PM AT >> *Video Content* >
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