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Mr. Sandman · 05-02-2005, 08:20 AM

We host the southernmost body of seals on the east coast and they don't leave in the summer now. (so much for global warming). Seals never spent the entire year here. They would leave for cooler waters when spring came. The reason they are three fold IMO...they are protected now (ie, no season for harvest) and there is food for them here and it is too crowded further north. GP, monomy and a couple other islands are overrun with them. The feed heavy and now raise their young here all summer. It is time to take them OFF the protected list, and start to thin the heard.

IMO That GW shark came inshore to feed on these critters. I bet we see a few more in the next couple years.. When the cape and islands experiences a real life Jaws in the next few years....they will determine it is because of the seal population and THEN they will act because it is effecting their wallets. I don't think the folks that act to "protect" some species have a total feel for the entire big picture and what reactions it may have on the local species. I think they mean well, and they like patting each other on the their backs because they think they are saving mankind but most of them are really disconnected from reality.

Seals should not be here in the summer....I only hope is they develop a taste for plover.

05-02-2005, 08:20 AM	#15
Mr. Sandman Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 7,649	We host the southernmost body of seals on the east coast and they don't leave in the summer now. (so much for global warming). Seals never spent the entire year here. They would leave for cooler waters when spring came. The reason they are three fold IMO...they are protected now (ie, no season for harvest) and there is food for them here and it is too crowded further north. GP, monomy and a couple other islands are overrun with them. The feed heavy and now raise their young here all summer. It is time to take them OFF the protected list, and start to thin the heard. IMO That GW shark came inshore to feed on these critters. I bet we see a few more in the next couple years.. When the cape and islands experiences a real life Jaws in the next few years....they will determine it is because of the seal population and THEN they will act because it is effecting their wallets. I don't think the folks that act to "protect" some species have a total feel for the entire big picture and what reactions it may have on the local species. I think they mean well, and they like patting each other on the their backs because they think they are saving mankind but most of them are really disconnected from reality. Seals should not be here in the summer....I only hope is they develop a taste for plover. Last edited by Mr. Sandman; 05-02-2005 at 08:26 AM..