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Hi All=2C
This seal cull appears to me to have little to do with killing seals or =
helping the cod fishery recover=3B but rather=2C from my cynical eye=2C mor=
e like an attempt to shore up Atlantic Canada CPC political support.=20
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I don't know if culling seals will help the cod fishery recover=2C or no=
t=2C and neither does DFO or anyone else for that matter. Killing a bunch o=
f seals may provide some data proving seals eat a lot of cod or it may prov=
e seals eat more cod predators than cod. We don't know.
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In the end it will provide a few Atlantic Canada jobs (a very good thin=
g)=2C some very expensive scientific data on what Gray seals eat or don't e=
at and=2C most importantly to the Government=2C some good publicity and may=
be a even a few future votes for the CPC. All the best.
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Fritz McEvoy
Sunrise Valley=2C CB =20
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From: dwebster@glinx.com
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Massive grey seal cull set to get Senate panel's ap=
proval -- Gulf of St. Lawrence plan makes no sense=2C Dalhousie biologist s=
ays -- CBC News N.S.=2C Oct. 23/12
Date: Wed=2C 24 Oct 2012 14:51:23 -0300
Hi Jim & All=2C Oct 24=2C 2012
I confess to knowing almost nothing about seals or marine fisheries but=
it seems obvious that too many hungry fish-eating seals and too few mostly=
small fish is a prescription for non-recovery of stocks. So two thoughts o=
ccur to me.
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First=2C the onus is on those who oppose the cull to advance a more pro=
mising idea for recovery of Cod in the cull area=3B wait and it will happen=
has worn thin after two decades.
=20
Second=2C a cull provides an opportunity to learn something about Seal/=
Cod dynamics by examination of fresh stomach contents and thorough document=
ation of same=3B say sampled at random within each of four regions over eac=
h of four years and throughout the culling season.
=20
Yt=2C Dave Webster=2C Kentville
----- Original Message -----=20
From: James W. Wolford=20
To: NatureNS=20
Cc: Jim Wolford =3B Mike Dadswell=20
Sent: Tuesday=2C October 23=2C 2012 4:51 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Massive grey seal cull set to get Senate panel's approv=
al -- Gulf of St. Lawrence plan makes no sense=2C Dalhousie biologist says =
-- CBC News N.S.=2C Oct. 23/12
Go to cbc.ca/news/ns/ to find this story and photo & video plus the links b=
elow to related stories.
Also three cheers for Jeff Hutchings of Dalhousie Univ. Biology for speakin=
g out against this cull. Jeff is a champion for marine biodiversity=2C and=
he maintains=2C among other things=2C that marine ecosystems are complex=
=2C involving many components of food webs etc.=2C 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 proba=
bly applies to the recent controversy on "fertilizing the ocean" on the Wes=
t Coast off the Queen Charlotte Islands with powdered iron sulphate=2C in a=
ttempt to cause a bloom of phytoplankton to both help wild salmon and absor=
b some of our massive amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide. See last Satu=
rday's "Quirks and Quarks" show at cbc.ca/quirks/ for some discussion of th=
is attempt at geo-engineering or ocean fertilization.
On the radio today=2C Jeff H. pessimistically guessed that there was a good=
chance that the Canadian Senate will allow this proposed cull of grey seal=
s to go ahead. Perhaps their decision has already been announced?
Cheers? from Jim in Wolfville.
Related Stories
European seal cull called hypocritical
Gulf grey seal hunt a bust
Scientists call for experimental cull of 73=2C000 seals
External Links
Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat report on grey seals
Subject: Massive grey seal cull set to get Senate panel's approval -- Gulf =
of St. Lawrence plan makes no sense=2C Dalhousie biologist says -- CBC News=
N.S.=2C Oct. 23/12
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