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Canadian report concludes seals pose danger to fish stocks

A House of Commons committee has made 17 recommendations for the Canadian government to manage pinniped populations, including humanely increasing seal harvests

By Undercurrent News | Dec. 21, 2023 16:24 GMT
Grey seals are just one species of seal found on Canada's East Coast. These grey seals are part of the colony of about 500,000 on Sable Island, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Photo by Paul LeBlanc of the Sable Island seal research group.
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A new report from the Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee in Canada's House of Commons warns that seal populations on the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic coasts are posing a danger to fish stocks and upsetting the balance of marine ecosystems, CBC News reports.  [...]

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