You talked about the bounty ending on seals. You talked about the explosive growth in the population of seals. We talked about the collapse of the cod stocks and the moratorium back in the early 1990s. As a matter of fact, ironically, I think the marine mammal protection regulations came into force in 1993—the original version of them, if I have my facts right.
I grew up on a farm in Alberta. I'm not a coastal guy in any way, shape or form, but I love fishing. I also love hunting. Growing up on a farm as a farmer or a landowner, we didn't need the permission of the government to do predator control if a bear, a wolf or a coyote on our farm posed a threat to our livelihood. If you're a forestry company with a forest management agreement anywhere in the country and you have pine beetles threatening your livelihood, you're allowed to take out the beetles without necessarily getting permission from the government in order to do so, because it directly affects the livelihood.
Is a commercial fisherman allowed to shoot a seal to protect the viability of their fishing quota?