Great white sharks not the only threat gray seals bring

Capr Cod Times ^ | Jul 18, 2020 | By Peter Howell

[Bob434]

[[What’s wrong with an increasing seal population?]]

There aren’t enough seal clubs around?

[Red Badger]

It was only a matter of time.

Been watching shark week shows on National Geographic Channel (Disney) all weekend..................

[PapaBear3625]

If increasing the fish supply just causes an increase in seal population, who eat the fish leaving less for fishermen, and also causes an increase in the shark population, then it is a net negative for the people.

We need to remove their protected status. I wonder how seal steaks taste?

[blueunicorn6]

What happens if we really start harvesting the Great White Sharks?

A dead shark can’t attack any humans.

[PapaBear3625]

If we harvest the sharks, then the seal population explodes.

We need to start harvesting the seals, but the Marine Mammal Protection Act prohibits that. We need to repeal the Act, which has outlived its usefulness.

[blueunicorn6]

Fewer seals mean more fish for the fishermen.

I understand that.

I understand that fishermen put food on their tables for their families by catching fish.

I just don’t think that the argument that seals are causing Great White Sharks to attack humans is a good argument.

[Capt. Tom]

FYI, there is also a fairly large population of seals living on and around the Isle Of Shoals. Seal Island in the Isle of Shoals(6 miles off the NH/ME coast) is a federally protected island. No humans can step foot on the island. Sooner or later the great whites will find that food source.

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Andrea Bogomolni, chairwoman of the steering committee for the Northwest Atlantic Seal Research Consortium, said that shark-bitten seals have been found during the course of a 10-year study on New Hampshire’s Isle of Shoals.
Tagged great whites were also detected on acoustic receivers at seal haul-outs on the islands. She said great white shark teeth were being found on Old Orchard Beach.