Toronto Star
May 22nd, 2020
REPOST
Are sea lions and seals eating too much of B.C.’s salmon? The answer may lead to a cull
“Dr. Carl Waters, professor emeritus of oceans and fisheries at UBC, argues that sea lions alone now consume more fish than all B.C. fisheries combined. Seal and sea lion diets are not high in salmon, Walters says, “but the types they target at particular times of the year, for example during spawning migrations,” have high impacts.
Some studies show that only a small minority of seals and sea lions consume salmon in large quantities, says Wilf Luedke, a district head at the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). ”
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