A B.C. group wants to revive the seal and sea lion hunt on the west coast, provoking a debate about the controversial practice
VANCOUVER — A British Columbia group wants to revive the seal and sea lion hunt on the west coast, provoking a debate about the controversial practice and prompting scientists to warn of consequences for the ecosystem.
The society wants the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to first expand Indigenous harvesting rights to include the commercial sale of the flippered mammals, he said. “The food web is complicated,” he explained. “So take out the harbour seals and you’re taking out a predator of a salmon predator.” “What I see the issue being here is, for some people it’s not a question of sharing an ecosystem, it’s an issue of controlling it,” Trites said.
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