The number of North Atlantic Harp seals is down to 4.7 million from 7.6 million says former DFO scientist Mike Hammill. Extract from Research Document "Estimating Abundance of Northwest Atlantic Harp Seal Using a Bayesian Modelling [...]
September 27, 2023 (FFAW Press Release) Earlier this month, the federal government announced funding for several seal and sea lion research projects across Canada, of which FFAW-Unifor was a recipient. The Union is pleased to announce [...]
March 28, 2023: DFO advises Newfoundland and Labrador Seal harvesters that the Commercial and Personal Use Seal fishery will re-open in Sealing Areas 4 to 23 and Sealing Areas 25 to 27 at 0600 hours on [...]
Fisheries and Oceans Canada Media Release November 9, 2022 The fishing industry has long been an important source of economic growth and development in Atlantic Canada, particularly in Indigenous and coastal communities. The Government of Canada [...]
The Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, chaired by Newfoundland and Labrador Senator Fabian Manning, is studying Canada’s seal populations and their effect on Canadian fisheries. In a motion on Oct. 4, Manning proposed the committee [...]
May 12-2022 Today, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Joyce Murray, announced that the report from the Atlantic Seal Science Task Team is available online. You can download the PDF [...]
The FFAW is launching an awareness campaign highlighting the devastating impact seal over population has on our Atlantic fish stocks. The union stated Tuesday it is undeniable when it comes to seals, how much fish they [...]
