The way we see it, it's an opportunity to have the regulations be robust and reflect future potential action by any group, or even for our own monitoring. It's clear that the ice floes and the waters are actually the workplace of our sealers, and within Canadian law, people are entitled to a safe and healthy workplace. We see drones or other mechanisms of observing the hunt as potentially disruptive and causing unnecessary stress in the hunters.
On November 25th, 2014. See this statement in context.