30,000 seals

[LINESIDES]

This is a big peeve for me! Some folks say, OH, they are so cute!
I look at them and say, how many stripers are they eating daily?
I do not know a prime Stripe Bass fishing area that is not loaded with them today!
I don’t even know if in fact they are eating Bass.
They need to be controlled ASAP!
Will the folks that think they are cute get in the water with the whites!
I,I,I,I,I,I,I, Don’t think so!
I just want it done legally!
I cut this from a page that speaks to seals.
Adult harbor seals eat 5% to 6% of their body weight per day, about 4.5 to 8.2 kg (10-18 lb.).
This is a lot of something they are consuming!!! Can't be good.
L.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by LINESIDES

Adult harbor seals eat 5% to 6% of their body weight per day, about 4.5 to 8.2 kg (10-18 lb.).
This is a lot of something they are consuming!!! Can't be good.
L.

Harbor seals aren't really the problem.. at least I don't think so. It's those huge horsehead seals that eat 10lbs or more per day. They are the ones taking the bigger fish.

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by LINESIDES

I don’t even know if in fact they are eating Bass.
They need to be controlled ASAP!

L.

Trust me, it IS a fact
I know from first hand experience and plenty of it.

and yes they need to be controlled
we as the human race try to control the fish in the sea to maximum yield for food and stuff, well as we have done that it upsets balance as seals go unchecked and devour fish and wipe out everything, some species don't even come back to the area like windowpane flounder etc.
something needs to be done = like disease(dog distemper maybe)

deer overpopulate and starve to death/ seals are dying too and maybe it's lack of food because they ATE IT ALL