The carrying capacity of the environment will increase. The traditional concept of succession includes the idea of an equilibrium state called a climax community. Polar bears can provide more food for Eskimos than seals can. The total energy content of the seaweeds is lower than that of the seals. Polar bear meat probably contains the lowest concentrations of fat-soluble toxins.
Fish are more numerous than seals.
The carnivores can provide more food for the Eskimos than the herbivores can. It does not enter the atmosphere in biologically significant amounts. Only net primary productivity is available to consumers. Eating meat is probably the most efficient way of trapping photosynthetic productivity. Only about one thousandth of the chemical energy fixed by photosynthesis actually reaches a tertiary-level consumer.