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Fisheries committee There are situations where there are more problems —
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
David Bevan
Fisheries committee Yes. That causes some concerns. We don't want any situations of that kind. It will be necessary to improve the situation for next year. We let the Lower North Shore hunters hunt seals for three days. That may have been a bit too long. We underestimated the number of seals they'd
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
David Bevan
Fisheries committee They've changed the process for estimating the seal population and have determined that there are more of them than we believed. According to the scientists, the population hasn't increased, it's just...
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
David Bevan
Fisheries committee ...a change in the estimation process.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
David Bevan
Fisheries committee It's an estimate. The population is between approximately four million and 6.5 million, but the average is 5.82 million.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
David Bevan
Fisheries committee We know there are more than six million seals in the Arctic region.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
David Bevan
Fisheries committee Yes.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
David Bevan
Fisheries committee That's far too difficult to understand. For example, seals eat cod, but that's often adult cod, large cod. However, a number of fish eat cod eggs. It's really too complicated to understand the connection between the seal population and predation on cod...
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
David Bevan
Fisheries committee ...and the other species. It's impossible to predict the result in the case of a decline in the seal population.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
David Bevan
Fisheries committee It's clear that it takes place on the front and in the gulf. It's an area that we can monitor because of the use of aircraft, helicopters, etc. We know how many animals are taken as a result of the fact that we have good working relationships with the buyers and with the processo
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
David Bevan
Fisheries committee As a result of controls in all other fisheries, we have vessel monitoring systems on all the larger vessels. The longliners are the ones that take the large quantities of seals. The added feature there now is that we know exactly where they all are, so it's not something that we
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
David Bevan
Fisheries committee Struck and loss would assume that animals are hit, presumably through firearms, and then lost in the water. Obviously that's not what sealers are about. There's no percentage there. They need to catch the animal, they need to kill the animal, and they need to retrieve it. That wo
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
David Bevan
Fisheries committee I can only speculate, but clearly the pictures and the material for the websites are very important for people. If it is a big operation, obviously these groups do gather substantial sums, so I can only assume that there is a great deal of interest in observing the hunt. They hav
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
David Bevan
Fisheries committee The regulations do require people to keep at least 10 metres away from seals. Having said that, I think judgment is exercised. One doesn't want to provide photo opportunities that might just further the cause, not if it's not necessary, if there's no interruption of the hunt or
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
David Bevan
Fisheries committee They're supposed to be taking adult animals. Adult animals are found in the water after the seals are whelped. After the week or so that they take to be weaned, the animals are then found in the water. They're just dispersed more, and difficult to harvest. I guess the market for
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
David Bevan