The Panel on Seal Management also reviewed the available estimates of the consumption by seals of different fish species and concluded that more information is needed to understand the relationship between seals and their prey. They stated that seals consume large amounts of fish throughout Atlantic Canada, but that there is much less evidence that this predation is having a major impact on the recovery of most commercial fish stocks. However, the report also mentioned that, in certain areas, the consumption of cod by seals is considerable and that a reduction in seal predation could reasonably be expected to have.
