Agreed, although the general public see's these animal as very cute and lovable, I doubt many of them know or realize how many fish these things consume.
Everything, especially now a day's should have a checks & balance, we have quotas and limit's as fisherman, and hunters as well, for all sorts of species, why can't the seals & sea lions be controlled in a similar fashion.
I understand that bringing your family to the beach one day, and seeing the water flowing red, as seals are culled, isn't very good public PR.
Go about it another way, where the actual culling taking place is far from the public's eye, and I think we have a potential win-win, for everyone, including the seals.
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