Seal Harvest Opening April 7
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, [...]
March 2025
May 2024
Senate Report on Seal Populations Released: Video
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
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
Min. Lebouthillier gives hope for finding new seal markets (Audio)
Federal fisheries minister Diane Lebouthillier meets with Qalipu interim chief Jenny Brake and Always In Vogue owner Darren Halloran, Carino and Arn-Oilean Resources met yesterday "providing some hope for seal industry" (Photos from Yvonne Jones Twitter [...]
December 2023
Latest DFO study: Only 4.7 million seals? (Text and Audio)
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 2023
FFAW Launches Seal Research Initiative (PR and Audio)
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 [...]
Marketing Seal Products Across Canada but banned on Esty
Senator Fabian Manning, Chair for the Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, says the growing seal population, which is reported to top eight million, is having a direct and devastating effect on the local cod and [...]