DFO will be delivering online Humane Harvesting Workshops for persons interested in obtaining a Personal Use Seal licence. Workshops will be delivered virtually/online using Zoom. Sessions will be approximately 1 hour. The workshop is available at [...]
The Professional Fish Harvesters Certification Board (PFHCB) will be delivering Humane Harvesting and Quality/Handling/Health Workshops virtually/online starting early March 2025, on a first come basis. Workshops will be delivered virtually/online using Zoom. Sessions will be approximately [...]
The Nordic Hunters Alliance hope the EU seal products import and export ban can be reversed and are calling on the EU parliament to look into recent research on depleted fish stocks in their region and [...]
The Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier said in a letter written August 6, 2024 and addressed to the European Commission's vice-president Virginijus Sinkevičius that Canada has been given the opportunity to "provide input" on the seal trade [...]
The current ongoing EU seal import ban is "causing more harm than good", says Swedish scientist and researcher Sven-Gunnar Lunneryd. He says increased seal populations are causing depleted fish stocks and after 15 years it is [...]
Former CSA president Jim Winter sends us his thoughts about the recent visit to the province on July 1 by the Governor General, Mary Simon when she paid her respects to the St. John's War Memorial [...]
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), [...]
