Comments on: European Parliament Bans Commercial Trade in Seal Products http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/news/lib/259 The latest news from below the surface Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:06:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Canada takes European seal ban to WTO http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/news/lib/259#comment-672 Canada takes European seal ban to WTO Sun, 17 May 2009 01:42:36 +0000 http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/news/?p=259#comment-672 [...] reported earlier , the European Union has decided to ban the import of seal skin and other seal products hailing [...] […] reported earlier , the European Union has decided to ban the import of seal skin and other seal products hailing […]

]]> By: Mola2mola http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/news/lib/259#comment-646 Mola2mola Thu, 07 May 2009 04:23:44 +0000 http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/news/?p=259#comment-646 One more tidbit that I just came across on the Sea Shepherd’s website was a press release stating, ”Of the initial set quota of 280,000 seals, Canadian sealers were only able to slaughter 59,500 seals this year.” Scott- One more tidbit that I just came across on the Sea Shepherd’s website was a press release stating, ”Of the initial set quota of 280,000 seals, Canadian sealers were only able to slaughter 59,500 seals this year.”

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]]> By: Moa2mola http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/news/lib/259#comment-645 Moa2mola Thu, 07 May 2009 04:13:55 +0000 http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/news/?p=259#comment-645 Thanks for the update. I actually got quite a laugh out of one of the quotes you dug up by Diana Wallis in her reference to the feelings of fishermen towards seals and how hunting is required “...to ensure the sustainability of fisheries in some area.“ I guess that is the difference between a fishermen’s [in this particular instance] definition of `fisheries’ and that of a conservationist. The former being enough for profitable commercial harvesting and the later being enough to sustain ocean ecosystems. It appears to be forgotten that as part of the food web, seals themselves have been practicing sustainable fishing throughout time immemorial. It is we that have upset the balance. Scott- Thanks for the update. I actually got quite a laugh out of one of the quotes you dug up by Diana Wallis in her reference to the feelings of fishermen towards seals and how hunting is required “…to ensure the sustainability of fisheries in some area.“

I guess that is the difference between a fishermen’s [in this particular instance] definition of `fisheries’ and that of a conservationist. The former being enough for profitable commercial harvesting and the later being enough to sustain ocean ecosystems. It appears to be forgotten that as part of the food web, seals themselves have been practicing sustainable fishing throughout time immemorial. It is we that have upset the balance.

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]]> By: Josie "Boracay beach resort" Kent http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/news/lib/259#comment-644 Josie "Boracay beach resort" Kent Wed, 06 May 2009 23:21:53 +0000 http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/news/?p=259#comment-644 Poor seals! I hope everybody will cooperate! Poor seals!
I hope everybody will cooperate!

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