The grey seal population is exploding in the gulf, and they're a major problem. They're destroying our fishing gear, and we feel they're eliminating the groundfishery. They've turned on to the mackerel and herring now, and we've witnessed them eating lobsters. There's absolutely no control with this animal.
Five years ago in our fishing area you'd catch mackerel and herring. Now you have to sail 20 miles farther away, because the seals are driving the fish farther and farther away. Last year, the only place we could find groundfish was in 180 feet of water, where the sharks are, because the seals won't go out where the sharks are. I don't know what we're going to do with the grey seal, but if something isn't done with them, they're going to eliminate the fishery in the gulf.