Gonna be interesting if 22s are out at the pink apartment lol.
Who would process this meat? There is one place that is certified to process seal meat and its in Newfoundland. The govt would have to ship it there or pay a processor to set up a line here to process it. The line would have to be separate from other lines, and the low volumes vs other industrial meat lines would make it very expensive to process. Seal is difficult to process because the meat is full of oil, which goes rancid quickly if its not processed quickly. The logistics of killing these animals at a distance from the processor and transporting would require boats capable of initial processing of the carcasses and getting them on ice for transport. To top it off the meat from a mature sea lion is not going to be palatable. The east coast sealers despite govt grants to try and find markets haven't had success in getting anyone to buy it because its is not a pleasant meat. Its not like beef or any other ungulate meat, its much darker, the fat isn't marbled in the meat, its like a grease throughout it and its tastes fishy. And that is young milk fed harp seals that have never eaten a fish. So by the time all the costs are added up, it would almost certainly be cheaper to give the homeless beef steaks, at least they would eat those. All of this doesn't even consider the toxin load these animals contain (Transient Killer whales are one of the most contaminated animals on earth due to eating seals and sea lions). If the govt is going to kill seals or sea lions, they just need to make that decision, many of the carcasses will not be recovered at the kill site, the ones that are would probably be shipped to West Coast Reduction to make meal, which perhaps they could sell into pet food, or dispose of in a land fill if not.
