Pearce views the animals as a major threat to migrating salmon and the endangered killer whales that feed on them. (Chris Corday/CBC)Pinnipeds put salmon numbers at risk: studyThere are more than 100,000 seals in B.C. Pearce said the quickest way to reverse declining salmon numbers is to kill tens of thousands of them, reducing their numbers by 50 per cent. That adds up to millions of fish that could be harvested by humans, set aside for killer whales, or allowed to spawn. Could killing seals help killer whales?

Source: CBC News September 12, 2018 13:34 UTC