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<DIV><F This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_03AF_01CDB1F7.0941FB50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Jim & All, Oct 24, 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 occur to me. First, the onus is on those who oppose the cull to advance a more = promising idea for recovery of Cod in the cull area; wait and it will = happen has worn thin after two decades. Second, a cull provides an opportunity to learn something about = Seal/Cod dynamics by examination of fresh stomach contents and thorough = documentation of same; say sampled at random within each of four regions = over each of four years and throughout the culling season. Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville ----- Original Message -----=20 From: James W. Wolford=20 To: NatureNS=20 Cc: Jim Wolford ; Mike Dadswell=20 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 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 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2741 / Virus Database: 2614/5333 - Release Date: = 10/15/12 Internal Virus Database is out of date. ------=_NextPart_000_03AF_01CDB1F7.0941FB50 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 8.00.6001.19328"> <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>Hi Jim & All, = =20 = Oct=20 24, 2012</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> I confess to knowing almost = nothing about=20 seals or marine fisheries but it seems obvious that too many hungry = fish-eating=20 seals and too few mostly small fish is a prescription for non-recovery = of=20 stocks. So two thoughts occur to me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> First, the onus is on those who = oppose the=20 cull to advance a more promising idea for recovery of Cod in the cull = area; wait=20 and it will happen has worn thin after two decades.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> Second, a cull provides an = opportunity to=20 learn something about Seal/Cod dynamics by examination of fresh stomach = contents=20 and thorough documentation of same; say sampled at random within each of = four=20 regions over each of four years and throughout the culling=20 season.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</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=3Djimwolford@eastlink.ca = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">James W.=20 Wolford</A> </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=3Dmike.dadswell@acadiau.ca = href=3D"mailto:mike.dadswell@acadiau.ca">Mike=20 Dadswell</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 23, 2012 = 4:51=20