Thank you. That is very helpful.
There are two themes you mentioned that I want to pick up in my remaining time.
I'm from a public health background, so association versus causation is very important. Seals are abundant. Fish are scarce. Seals eat fish. It's association, whereas the causation.... Picking up on what you said about the uniqueness of the east coast, is that the reason we have some differing points of view, even in this hearing today? Are there differences between the dynamics on the west coast and the east coast?
One thing I think Mr. Stehfest mentioned is that the seal population on the west coast is stable, but that's not what I'm hearing on the east coast.
Are the solutions potentially different on the different coasts because of very different ecosystem dynamics?