We want to wish all our members and sealers a safe and prosperous seal harvesting season which opened April 10th. Details of the 2016 Harp and Hooded Seal Fishery season are below. Fisheries and Oceans Canada [...]
Archival Moments, a valuable local archival project, undertaken by Larry Dohey, documents historical events in Newfoundland and Labrador including many excellent papers on the sealing industry. In this item, for example, "No Tidings of the Southern [...]
In today's Telegram the CSA president Eldred Woodford talks about some positive signs for the upcoming sealing season. Carino company CEO Dion Dakins is also interviewed about the prospects for this year's harvest. Carino, the largest [...]
Yoanis Menge is a photographer living in the Magdelan Islands. His black and white photos are a striking and powerful visual representation of the lives of Canadian sealers and Yoanis Menge fishermen as they [...]
Newfoundland and Labrador loses a strong advocate to the Sealing Industry James Dobbin, a longtime active board member of the Canadian Sealers Association and member of the Northeast Coast Sealers CO-OP, died on Sunday March 13, [...]
Transport Canada is now proposing new vessel safety regulations to make the fishery safer. The new safety requirements proposed will be based primarily on any risk, regardless of size or tonnage. All fishing vessels will be [...]
2016 Personal Use Seal License Information Session DFO advises that there will be a Seal Information Session for new applicants requesting Personal Use Seal licenses at the following location: Foxtrap - Thursday, February 25, 2016 The [...]
