Seal Husbandry Technician summer student positions
Summer student position at the Dept. of Ocean Sciences MUN. Job Title: Seal Husbandry Technician Job specifications are below.
April 2016
Harp and Hooded Seal Fishery Season Opening Details
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 [...]
Archiving our sealing history online
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 [...]
March 2016
“It looks like it’s going to be substantially better than last year” CSA President
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: Sealing photographer captures the dramatic harshness
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 [...]
Unfortunate loss to NL Sealing Industry
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, [...]
February 2016
Transport Canada proposes new vessel safety regulations
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 [...]