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--Apple-Mail-50--947470566 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed 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 Gulf grey seal hunt a bust Scientists call for experimental cull of 73,000 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, 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 > Read 134 > comments > 134 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 Posted: Oct 23, 2012 8:48 AM AT Last Updated: Oct 23, 2012 > 2:04 PM AT > Video Content --Apple-Mail-50--947470566 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Go to cbc.ca/news/ns/ = to find this story and photo & video plus the links below to related = stories.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers? from Jim in = Wolfville.</div><div><br></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: = 19px; background-color: rgb(247, 248, 249); "><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px Arial"><b>Related = Stories</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(247, = 248, 249); "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3" color=3D"#295275" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Arial; color: #295275"><a = href=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/10/10/nl-seal-cull-= europe-1010.html">European seal cull called = hypocritical</a></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = background-color: rgb(247, 248, 249); "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#295275" style=3D"font: 12.0px Arial; color: #295275"><a = href=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/03/= 15/nl-grey-seal-315.html">Gulf grey seal hunt a = bust</a></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(247, 248, = 249); "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3" color=3D"#295275" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Arial; color: #295275"><a = href=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2011/03/23/ns-seal= -cull-experiment.html">Scientists call for experimental cull of 73,000 = seals</a></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; = background-color: rgb(247, 248, 249); "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"5" = style=3D"font: 16.0px Arial"><b>External Links</b></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(247, 248, 249); "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3" color=3D"#295275" style=3D"font: 12.0px Arial; = color: #295275"><a = href=3D"http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas-sccs/Publications/SAR-AS/2010/2010_0= 71-eng.html">Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat report on grey = seals</a></font></div></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(247, = 248, 249); "><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica"= size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>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</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = from cbc.ca/news/ns/ , Tues., Oct. 23, 2012<div><br></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(243, 243, = 243); "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3" color=3D"#295275" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Arial; color: #295275">Ma<a = href=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2012/10/23/nl-sena= te-grey-seals-cull-1023.html">ssive grey seal cull set to get Senate = panel's approval</a></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: = 15px; background-color: rgb(243, 243, 243); "><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2" color=3D"#797979" style=3D"font: 10.0px Arial; color: = #797979"><a = href=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/10/= 23/nl-senate-grey-seals-cull-1023.html#socialcomments">Read = 134</a></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; = background-color: rgb(243, 243, 243); "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2" = color=3D"#797979" style=3D"font: 10.0px Arial; color: #797979"><a = href=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/10/= 23/nl-senate-grey-seals-cull-1023.html#socialcomments">comments</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(243, = 243, 243); "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2" color=3D"#797979" = style=3D"font: 10.0px Arial; color: #797979"><a = href=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/10/= 23/nl-senate-grey-seals-cull-1023.html#socialcomments">134</a></font><font= face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Arial"> = video</font></div></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; = background-color: rgb(243, 243, 243); "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Arial"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(243, 243, 243); "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Arial">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]</font></div><div><br></div><div><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px = 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; line-height: 39.0px"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"7" = style=3D"font: 33.0px Arial"><b>Massive grey seal cull set to get Senate = panel's approval</b></font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px = 0.0px"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 15.0px = Arial"><b>Gulf of St. Lawrence plan makes no sense, Dalhousie biologist = says</b></font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px"><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 15.0px = Arial"><b><br></b></font></p><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2" color=3D"#295275" style=3D"font: 10.0px Arial; = color: #295275"><a href=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/news/credit.html">CBC = News</a></font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2" color=3D"#666666" = style=3D"font: 10.0px Arial; color: #666666"> Posted: Oct 23, 2012 8:48 = AM AT Last Updated: Oct 23, 2012 2:04 PM AT</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; 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