DFO advises that during the 2026 seal harvest, there will be an opportunity to participate in a Personal Use Seal Fishery Educational Observer Pilot. The intent of this pilot project is to allow knowledge transfer within [...]
Please note that the The Professional Fish Harvesters Certification Board (PFHCB) will be offering workshops virtually online only by Zoom on the following course: Humane Harvesting Workshop Quality/Health/Handling Workshop The Registration Form is mandatory to fill [...]
Jim Winter Seals, Stigma and Survival, a project that explores solutions to the stigma associated with seal products, seal hunting and sealers in the EU teamed up with secondary investigator Jim Winter, a former [...]
Masters student Hannah West of the Marine Institute conducted a new study on how harp seals are playing a key role in the slowed recovery of cod stocks and other fish populations in Newfoundland and [...]
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 Monday, April 7, [...]
We welcome all new entrant sealers to join the CSA and support a collective voice on all matters that concern our industry. We appreciate all your support. You do not have to be a sealer to [...]
