Notice: Harp seal tagging is in effect
April 5, 2019 We would like to bring sealer's attention to a notice we received from DFO today regarding the tagging of a few harp seals in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with satellite linked recorders [...]
April 2019
NOTICE: Seal Harvest 2019 Opening Date
NOTICE TO ALL SEALERS AND FISH HARVESTERS Seal Fishery Opening - April 9, 2019 DFO advises Newfoundland and Labrador Seal harvesters that the seal fishery will re-open in Sealing Areas 4 to 23 and Sealing [...]
Audio: CBC at Seal Fest 2019
CBC radio show The Broadcast travelled to Quebec City this week to showcase the incredible wide range of culinary dishes being served up at this year's Seal Fest 2019. The festival celebrates all things sealmeat and [...]
March 2019
Audio: Fishery Won’t Last Without Limiting Seal Numbers: Consultant
Bob Hardy, a fisheries consultant, has been gathering a lot of information over the past number of years, and he says if we don’t soon act to reduce the number of seals, we won’t have a [...]
Applications to upgrade from Assistant Sealer to Professional Sealer status now available
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL SEALERS AND FISH HARVESTERS FROM: FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA Mar. 20, 2019 Applications to upgrade from Assistant Sealer to Professional Sealer status are now available DFO advises that applications to upgrade from [...]
2019 Commercial Sealer Workshops
The PFHCB, in conjunction with DFLR, will be delivering Humane Harvesting as well as Quality/Handling/Health workshops at the four locations. Depending on turn-out, we may consider adding sessions in the following week. Times 9:00am - Humane [...]
BC group calls for a cull to deal with pinniped predation
Pacific Balance Pinniped Society, a British Columbia group who want to create awareness of the impact of pinniped predation on salmon stocks and the resulting collapse of salmon populations, wish to revive the seal and sea lion [...]