VOCM; “DFO Researchers Contend Seal Cull Would Have Little Impact on Cod Stock Recovery”

VOCM; “DFO Researchers Contend Seal Cull Would Have Little Impact on Cod Stock Recovery”

DFO researchers are countering the common opinion that the harp seal population off Newfoundland and Labrador is “out of control,” and say a harp seal cull would have no measurable impact on cod stock recovery.

DFO Research Scientists Dr. Garry Stenson and Dr. Mariano Koen-Alonso hosted a tech briefing on local seal populations this morning at DFO headquarters in the White Hills…