No kidding we need to stand up like a union to all the wrong & ridiculous decisions of DFO. I responded too, telling them they need to do culls on the over-populated seals and sea lions instead of the 'culls' on the fishing communities and families along the vast areas affected. I tell them we see more and more seals each year, not just in the ocean, but high up the Chilliwack Vedder, the Harrison, the Stave etc. I told them that in those tiny eco space in the rivers, salmon and steelhead don't stand a chance against the seals. Even when we go crabbing in an inlet like Deep Cove, our uncaged baits constantly got stolen by seals. They are everywhere, driven by hunger because of over-population in the ocean. DFO needs to eliminate the real source of the problem to save the whales. But you and I know they often target the 'helpless' sporties first, because we don't fight back. If they do culls on the seals, they have to face the challenge from the animal right groups which are more vocal and united than the fishermen. So perhaps that is why they put the knife on the 'defenseless' fishing communities first. If we have a union of sort, then there will be more bargaining power, and the politicians or head honchos will have to worry about the votes.