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November 2015

Updated: Always in Vogue in China

November 24th, 2015|

The CBC's reporter Adam Walsh, who is currently on a fellowship from the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada has filed a series of excellent reports about the prospects of increased sales in Canadian sealskin products in [...]

OPENING SOON: New seal tannery

November 22nd, 2015|

The provincial sealing industry got a boost yesterday when PhocaLux International Inc. , a new sealing tannery on the west coast of the island in Fleur de Lys, announced once it has cleared an environmental assessment [...]

VIDEO: Sealing in Finland, an EU member nation.

November 6th, 2015|

A Scandinavian supporter of our industry and tradition, Magnus Petersson, sent us a video source showing Finnish seal hunters spending a typical day on a sealing vessel in the Bay of Bothnia. He notes that "unfortunately [...]

October 2015

Sealers museum at Elliston can be ’emotional’ for some

October 6th, 2015|

(CBC.ca) The Home from The Sea Sealers Memorial in Elliston is changing attitudes toward the seal hunt with tourists visiting the area., according to Executive Director, Marilyn Coles-Hayley. The center has tissue boxes handy near it's wall exhibits [...]

September 2015

Debunking myths about seal industry to tourists

September 14th, 2015|

Teresa Prince enjoys sharing the facts about the sealing industry with worldwide travelers and tourists who drop by the Dock Marina craft shop she manages in Marina Dock, Trinity. She says she gets pleasure out of [...]

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