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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00CD_01CC86CE.D55A6D80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Looks like a beater to me Tom ----- Original Message -----=20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca=20 To: NatureNS=20 Cc: Jim Wolford ; Don Bowen ; Ian McLaren=20 Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 9:50 PM Subject: [NatureNS] From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> For all of you who saw today's article (Sunday Oct. 8/11) below, check = out the photo chosen by the Chronicle Herald to accompany it. = Supposedly it is a female grey seal. NO WAY! I hope many of you = recognized it as an immature or yearling HARP SEAL. Chronicle Herald, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011 http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1267497.html To cull or not to cull=20 Review: Little evidence killing seals helps cod By MICHAEL MACDONALD The Canadian Press Sun, Oct 9 - 11:19 AM=20 =20 I usually check these out first with Ian McLaren, but this time I will = leave it to him to correct my diagnosis if I am wrong. I have a lot to say about this proposed "experiment" that the federal = Fisheries and Oceans Department wants to conduct in the Gulf of St. = Lawrence, but for now I will just say that I'm happy to hear the recent = comments of well-known scientists like Bob Fournier, Hal Whitehead, = Boris Worm, et al., and now the Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat = (apparently a branch of the Fisheries department??). =20 Many scientists and environmentalists and animal rights advocates are = speaking out that this proposed cull is not scientifically based at all, = but is purely political, catering to a loud lobby of fishermen and = sealers. And calling the cull an "experiment" is truly the height of = folly, claiming to be testing some hypothesis (preposterous). Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. ------=_NextPart_000_00CD_01CC86CE.D55A6D80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 9.00.8112.16434"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Looks like a beater to me</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Tom</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dnaturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca=20 = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.= ca</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A = title=3Djimwolford@eastlink.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">Jim Wolford</A> ; <A=20 title=3DBowenD@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca = href=3D"mailto:BowenD@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca">Don=20 Bowen</A> ; <A title=3Diamclar@dal.ca = href=3D"mailto:iamclar@dal.ca">Ian=20 McLaren</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 09, 2011 = 9:50=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] From: = "James W.=20 Wolford" <<A=20 = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</A>></DI= V> <DIV><BR></DIV>For all of you who saw today's article (Sunday Oct. = 8/11)=20 below, check out the photo chosen by the Chronicle Herald to accompany = it.=20 Supposedly it is a female grey seal. NO WAY! I hope = many of=20 you recognized it as an immature or yearling HARP SEAL. <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" = size=3D3=20 face=3DHelvetica>Chronicle Herald, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; FONT: 12px = Helvetica"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: = #001ee6"=20 color=3D#001ee6 size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><A=20 = href=3D"http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1267497.html">http://thechroni= cleherald.ca/Front/1267497.html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; FONT: 12px = Helvetica"><BR></DIV> <TABLE style=3D"WIDTH: 575px" cellSpacing=3D0 cellPadding=3D0 = width=3D575> <TBODY> <TR> <TD=20 style=3D"PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; WIDTH: 565px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"=20 vAlign=3Dmiddle> <DIV style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 35px; MARGIN: 0px"><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 32px Georgia" size=3D7 face=3DGeorgia>To cull or = not to=20 cull </FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 13px Georgia; COLOR: #666666" color=3D#666666 = size=3D4=20 face=3DGeorgia><B>Review: Little evidence killing seals helps=20 cod</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; FONT: 13px Georgia; = COLOR: rgb(102,102,102)"><B></B><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 11px Arial; = COLOR: #818181"=20 color=3D#818181 size=3D3 face=3DArial>By MICHAEL MACDONALD The = Canadian=20 Press</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 11px Arial; = COLOR: #818181"=20 color=3D#818181 size=3D3 face=3DArial>Sun, Oct 9 - 11:19=20 AM</FONT></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I usually check these out first with Ian McLaren, but this time I = will=20 leave it to him to correct my diagnosis if I am wrong.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I have a lot to say about this proposed "experiment" that the = federal=20 Fisheries and Oceans Department wants to conduct in the Gulf of St. = Lawrence,=20 but for now I will just say that I'm happy to hear the recent comments = of=20 wel