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Tue 09 Sep 2009Fisheries board calls for seal and cormorant data
THE SOUTH Western Regional Fisheries Board is calling on the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to set optimum target numbers for seals and great cormorants amid alarm among fishermen that these two protected species are threatening salmon and eel numbers, which are also protected.
The board fears the various protected species will wipe each other out. “We need to have a clear statement what the desired number of seals and cormorants is. Seal pups are perceived to have increased, and cormorants are also perceived to have increased. We need the data,” said Aidan Barry, chief executive of the board.
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