[NatureNS] Massive grey seal cull set to get Senate panel's approval

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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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