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March 2025

Seal Harvest Opening April 7

March 31st, 2025|

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, [...]

May 2024

Senate Report on Seal Populations Released: Video

May 27th, 2024|

The Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans released its report on Canada’s seal populations and their effect on Canada’s fisheries today, titled Sealing the Future: A Call to Action. The Fish, Food, and Allied Workers Union (FFAW-Unifor), [...]

February 2024

Seal Fishery Closing for Whelping and Nursing

February 23rd, 2024|

Notice from The Department of Fisheries and Oceans NOTICE TO SEAL HARVESTERS Feb. 23, 2024 Seal Fishery Closing DFO advises that both the Commercial fishery and Personal Use fishery for Harp seals and Hooded seals will [...]

January 2024

December 2023

September 2023

FFAW Launches Seal Research Initiative (PR and Audio)

September 28th, 2023|

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 [...]

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