Ottawa: The Canadian Press. – October 23, 2012: – The Senate’s fisheries committee has endorsed a contentious cull of 70,000 grey seals in the Gulf of St. Lawrence over a four-year period, in a bid to conserve cod stocks.
After several months of public hearings, the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans tabled its report in the Senate today entitled: “The sustainable management of grey seal populations: A path toward the recovery of cod and other groundfish stocks”.
The Senate’s standing committee on fisheries and oceans began hearings last year to respond to a Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat call for an experimental — and unprecedented — cull of grey seals. Canadian Press / CBC online story here.
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After several months of public hearings, the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans tabled its report in the Senate today entitled: The sustainable management of grey seal populations: A path toward the recovery of cod and other groundfish stocks.
The report is available by clicking here