As part of the fundraiser for the support for the Sealers Memorial Campaign by the Elliston Heritage Foundation and the Home From The Sea committee, the following chefs participated in the Seal of Approval Dinner held April 26, 2012 at the Quidi Vidi Brewery. This campaign was initiated by the Elliston ...
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St. John's fur company to seal deal with N.L. St. John's April 17, 2012 The Newfoundland and Labrador government is working with a St. John's fur company to try to improve the market for seal pelts. Details of a deal are expected to be announced later this week. Fisheries Minister Darin King says ...
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April 12th, 2012 Watch CBC 's video of the challenges and hopes of sealers as the opening of this year's seal harvest in the Gulf of St. Lawrence commences Click image below to be taken to CBC.ca for the video clip.
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Tuesday April 10, 2012. The seal hunt in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence officially opened Tuesday morning. The harvest further north and off the northeast coast of Newfoundland in the area known as ‘the front’ begins Thursday. The provincial government is lending up to $3.6 million to a company buy ...
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April 5th, 2012 (The Telegram) The provincial government announced today a $3.6-million loan to the sealing industry. Fisheries Minister Darin King, flanked by representatives of the sealing industry, made the announcement in St. John’s and said the money is to be used to buy raw seal material. King framed the announcement as ...
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The Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced today the harp seal fishery on “The Front” off the northeast coast of Newfoundland will open Thursday, April 12, at 6 a.m. For seal harvesters based in sealings areas 4 to 8, that means the harp seal fishery will re-open on that day. The seal ...
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March 21, 2012. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has set the Total Allowable Catch for the 2012 season for Harp Seals. Total Allowable Catches and Sharing Arrangements for the Hooded Seal TAC for 2012 is rolled over from 2011. The total TAC is 8200. The total allowable catch for Harp Seals ...
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