Local Hawaiian Fisherman Feel Threated By New Seal Population

In Hawaii monk seals native to region have experienced an increase in their population.  Hawaiian fisherman fear that the new increase in the seal population will be bad for business and will lead to decrease in their money and they won’t be able to support their family.  They believe that the monk seals eat tons of fish a day and there will not be enough fish to catch.  Charles Litnan is in charge of an experiment to see if the locals’ allegations are true.  Him and his team placed critter cams on the seals and used local high school students to watch the videos that were gathered.  When the students said that with the videos they seen the monk seal did not eat tons of fish a day and that it should not affect how much fish fisherman were able to collect.  Some of the locals did not believe what the students said about the seals was true.   I can’t believe some of the locals didn’t believe the students.  They wouldn’t lie about what they seen on video with their own eyes.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130819-hawaiian-monk-seal-crittercam-conservation-ocean-science/