Nay maid. It's da fuckin seals. I didn't read the articles but I did hear an interesting story from a chopper pilot about ten years ago. The salmon of the Miramichi school up just offshore as most fish do before their spawning runs. The seals would take a chunk out of a salmon and go after the next one, for hours, thereby ensuring a feed of salmon on the bottom for days after the salmon entered the river to spawn. Seemed logical. But the real surpise is how he got to see this first hand. DFO (Department of Fisheries & Oceans) were in the chopper with M16's, spraying the seals. I agree clubbing is more humane.