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Gray Seals Impact on Water Quality & Fisheries

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Jim Canavan, WHOI

How do Gray Seals affect beach water quality? How do they interact with Cape Cod fisheries? On The Point, Mindy Todd interviews Rebecca Gast of  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Owen Nichols, Director of Marine Fisheries Research at Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, about their research. Both are members of the newly created Northwest Atlantic Seal Research Consortium or NARSC.

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Mindy Todd is the host and producer of <i>The Point</i> on WCAI which examines critical issues for Cape Cod and the Islands. She brings more than 40 years of experience in radio and television to WCAI.