EU regulations also force fishermen to throw fish accidentally netted that do not fit certain specifications back into the sea. Their swim bladders are already ruptured and they will not survive or breed afterwards but they must be wasted on principle nevertheless.

One wonders where the logic is.

Sporrans are a limited market and seal fur ones are not going to severely decrease the seal population. So it can be seen as an attack upon a traditional way of dress by the anti fur brigade who are not directly affected themselves by the move and who have long had the freedom of choice to go for substitutes themselves.