Overpopulation, in the ecological sense which is my world of work, results in starvation as there are too many of them and too little food. Your "overpopulation" is a social construct as in "they are eating my fish". i don't disagree that the pinniped populations have to be at least temporarily reduced to aid in recovery of salmon but salmon recovery (at least as practiced in the eastern Pacific) is focused on controlling/fixing everything other than fisheries.

And yes, sometimes one strays in a position to maintain income, health insurance and such. But, as many on here know, there are folks on the inside working hard for change through a variety of channels. More would be accomplished by dealing with the Generals that pissing and moaning about the Privates.