“On 3rd December, 1958, ten {{w|grey seal}} calves were killed on the North Wamses, a small island some three miles off the north {{w|Northumberland}} coast. This was the first licensed killing of grey seals during the breeding season since the passing of the 1932 Grey Seals Protection Act and it was intended to be the first stage of an experimental annual cull of 300 calves, recommended as a means of reducing the grey seal population of the {{w|Fame Islands}} and thereby lessening the damage done by seals to the salmon fishing industry.”