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 [...]
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 [...]
Listen to Doug talk with Paula Gayle of The Broadcast on CBCNL radio here "Those laws are based on propaganda," said Jim Winter, founding president of the Canadian Sealers Association (CSA), in St. John's speaking to [...]
CSA members and supporters of our industry for a sustainable seal hunt say they are mystified that there is a EU leaders Summit in St. John's today between our prime minister Justin Trudeau and trade officials [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Aaju Peter is an Inuk lawyer, activist and sealskin clothes designer. In 2012, she received the Order of Canada. Aaju Peter has travelled across Greenland, Europe, and Canada, performing modern drum dance and traditional singing and displaying sealskin fashions. She graduated from Akitsiraq [...]
