Absolutely not. If the goal of DFO is to have the herd expand, then that's a good harvest level. If the goal of DFO is to hold the herd at the level it is now, it's questionable. But at that level of harvest, as I said, 50,000 pups were born on Sable Island alone. If you harvest 10,000, you're not cutting into the population growth.
On May 30th, 2006. See this statement in context.