Hunters demand quota to cull thousands of seals to save salmon population along B.C.’s coast

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By JENNY PENGStarMetro Vancouver
Thu., Aug. 2, 2018

VANCOUVER — An elder of Haida Gwaii First Nations is calling for a hunting quota on at least 3,000 seals and sea lions in his community and along the west coast of B.C. to help repopulate the critically low salmon stocks.

The newly-established Pacific Balance Pinnipeds Society led by president Roy Jones wants Fisheries and Oceans Canada to establish an “annual harvest quota” on seals and seal lions.

The Chief of Haida Nation has been campaigning for a seal hunt since the 1980s while the local salmon population has been decimated.
The Chief of Haida Nation has been campaigning for a seal hunt since the 1980s while the local salmon population has been decimated.  (KELSEY WALLING / THE GALVESTON COUNTY DAILY NEWS VIA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)

These flipper-footed mammals (pinnipeds) are known to prey on juvenile chinook and coho salmon populations in the Strait of Georgia. The Pacific Salmon Foundation estimates they can eat up to a third of the salmon…

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2 thoughts on “Hunters demand quota to cull thousands of seals to save salmon population along B.C.’s coast”

  1. Man created problems: dams, overfishing, climate maybe. Blaming seals, sea lions, cormorants. Man overfishing and scapegoating nature.

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