Talk about not passing the whiff test:

"On the other hand, WDFW understands pinniped derived mortality rates predicated upon the PSC recommendation rely upon the assumption that pinniped depredation is independent of pinniped population density. Without additional data associated with pinniped abundance coupled with an estimate of the probability of pinniped depredation as a function of pinniped abundance, WDFW will consider the PSC recommendations as the best available science."

Or is that simply the "ostrich" approach to addressing the issue?????
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