Thank you.
That was the very purpose of having a seal summit. It was to have the harvesters, indigenous people and the product and market intelligence people all come together to discuss how we could increase the responsible harvest of seals as a sustainable natural resource.
I do understand that grey seals have an impact on our fisheries stock.
We are doing the science. Our department has a number of very modern approaches to ensure we are doing the science. The information collected helps us understand how seals interact with fish and are impacted by environmental changes. This is considered when fish populations are assessed.