Yes, I think with proper monitoring it can be done so that it's sensitive to the ecology of Sable Island. I also think--and there are a lot of people in the industry and among the general population who feel this way--we used to have a common seal herd out there that has now been driven off the island. There are islands--and I assume Sable Island would be the same--where bird populations are threatened by the expansion of the seal herd. Allowing one species to take over is not good ecoscience.
