Fur set to fly at Nanaimo open house
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trophywife
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can't wait to get my boat seats done.
There's a reason they make mukluks outta seal. waterproof. Comes in many natural colours... eco-friendly even... salmon-friendly - even more important...
wildmanyeah
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It’s Almost prohibitively expensive and not desired enough by people with disposable income.
Would of liked to have a blanket till I seen the price
Would of liked to have a blanket till I seen the price
trophywife
Crew Member
one piece sea lion!!
cracked_ribs
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It's gotten such a bad rap since Osborne Corp. wiped out the entire Saskatchewan stock that I think it's hard to get it to take off again but I hope it does.
donnie d
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I’m no expert on this, but why include sea otter in this? The inclusion of sea otter seems to weaken the position of helping salmon by harvesting seals and sea lions.
I am certainly in favor of reducing the seal and sea lion populations which go largely unchecked, but I’m not aware of a sea otter population problem.
I am certainly in favor of reducing the seal and sea lion populations which go largely unchecked, but I’m not aware of a sea otter population problem.
Whole in the Water
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I agree including sea otters is a big PR mistake, considering that they were almost completely wiped out by over hunting and then took a lot of work to re-establish them.
ChinookExerciser
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Yep **** right off Sea otters are only now being reintroduced. They play a huge role in protecting out kelp forests from sea urchins.
Wildvanisle
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They should also be bringing attention to winter steelhead stocks that are in part being devastated by seals coming way up rivers when there is no salmon to help shield them from predation. Also I agree sea otters should not be included in this, they are more crustacean eaters than salmon eaters and their numbers aren't nearly big enough to be affecting stocks even if they were.
fish4all
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Just because you are not aware doesn’t mean it’s not there. The sea otters have been rapidly expanding north. They clean out the urchin and duck beds.
donnie d
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like I said, I’m no expert.
Also like others have said, throwing otter into this seems like a PR problem waiting to happen...now they’re are watering down the salmon protection goal with seal and sea lion control with this issue to save commercial divers? I get the problem, but it just discredits the reason for wanting to control seals and sea lions....in my obviously uninformed non-commercial fisherman opinion.
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Cuba Libre
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Excellent article OBD....
Vancouver Island whale watchers fight West Coast seal cull
https://www.cheknews.ca/vancouver-island-whale-watchers-fight-west-coast-seal-cull-630943/
https://www.cheknews.ca/vancouver-island-whale-watchers-fight-west-coast-seal-cull-630943/
Ya Goat - the "because the ecosystem takes care of itself" quote was particularly galling and hypocritical - why rescue seals & seal pups if "the ecosystem takes care of itself"?? Why are we helping the SRKW if "the ecosystem takes care of itself"?? Hypocrites...
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SpringVelocity
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I don't think they will be able to stop frankly. Whale watching association is not as powerful of FN groups right now.
With UNDRIP in place I can see this being used as a bargaining tool . Don't think it will be on very large scale, but something I think is going to happen.
With UNDRIP in place I can see this being used as a bargaining tool . Don't think it will be on very large scale, but something I think is going to happen.
sasqman
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Thanks for sharing.
I feel the need to buy a seal skin wallet now.
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