Seal Culling In South Australia
Seal culling in South Australia was strongly advocated for in 2015 in response to increasing interactions of ''Arctophoca'' ''forsteri'', the indigenous long-nosed fur seal (also known as the New Zealand fur seal), with the state's fishing industry. In the 19th century, both fur seals and Australian sea lions were hunted for their hides. During the 20th century, seals were sometimes culled on the assumption that they were competing with fishermen. As of 2018 seal culling is illegal, but remains a topic of public debate. All pinnipeds in South Australia remain fully protected under the ''National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972'' as listed Marine Mammals. As of 2016, there were an estimated 100,000 long-nosed fur seals in South Australian waters. History Despite confusion stemming from its common name, the New Zealand fur seal (''Arctophoca forsteri)'' is a pinniped native to South Australia. Efforts to overcome this confusion have led to increasing use of the common name, long-nosed ...
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New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs signed the Tre ...
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