In 2015 he said of the animals:"Common sense dictates that where seals are way out of control and impacting on fishing, the Government needs to take a common sense approach rather than a foolish, do-nothing situation before (if it’s not happening already) people take the law into their own hands and do it anyway...
In 2015, he argued that "Common sense dictates that when seals are causing problems for fishing, the government should act with common sense rather than a passive approach. Otherwise, people might resort to taking matters into their own hands."