5 Miles of Seals: Newfoundland fisherman’s video goes viral, fires up more debate about pinnipeds Jason Branton, a fisherman from Winterton, Newfoundland and Labrador, was steering his fishing vessel home after a crab fishing trip last [...]
In the last week of April, the Canadian Ice Service recorded the lowest amount of sea ice in Labrador in its history of record-keeping, which dates back 50 years. The coast of northern Labrador is currently [...]
Canadian Sealers Association president Eldred Woodford was part of a CBC hosted online forum about the current and future state of the sealing industry suffering from no international markets to export to. CBC's Jane Adey moderates [...]
Harp and hooded seals are being seriously affected by poor ice conditions in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and waters surrounding Newfoundland and parts of Labrador according to DFO marine mammal researcher Dr. Garry Stenson. Stenson [...]
DFO advises Newfoundland and Labrador Seal harvesters that the seal fishery will re-open in Sealing Areas 4 to 23 and Sealing Areas 25 to 27 at 0600 hours on Thursday, April 8, 2021. The fishery will [...]
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A new petition by animal rights activists last week was targeting a Toronto restaurant Kū-kŭm Kitchen for serving seal meat on its menu raising ire from Indigenous people and industry stakeholders who say their traditional foods [...]
