Latest DFO landings report to April 28
The latest DFO 2015 Seal Harvest Landings report was issued April 28 to show both the Longliner and Small Boat catch totals to date. Total numbers are here
April 2015
Minister Hutching’s to approach US ambassador about seal exports to the USA.
If Keith Hutchings, Newfoundland and Labrador's minister of Municipal and Provincial Affairs, has his way he would like to see a way forward to get seal products from here into the US markets in light of recent [...]
Federal support for aboriginal sealing industry announced
We are examining the recent federal budget announcement made this Tuesday regarding the news that support for the aboriginal sealing sector has being committed over 5 years. We have included the actual text below from the [...]
NOTICE: 2015 Personal Use Seal License Sessions
DFO advises that there will be a Seal Information Session for new applicants requesting Personal Use Seal licenses at the following location: Eastport - Thursday, April 23 at S.U.F. Hall, Eastport, NL. Session will commence at [...]
Opinion: Jim Winter on EU’s weak trade restrictions laws.
The EU Seal Products Ban – Why Ineffective Animal Welfare Protection Cannot Justify Trade Restrictions under European and International Trade Law by Martin Hennig, Postdoc, Ph.D, Faculty of Law, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, [...]
Important Notice: CSA Operations
For immediate release: April 17, 2015 The Canadian Sealers Association is facing challenging times in light of restrictive market opportunities worldwide for our sealers and producers to sell their product. The CSA will be seeking open [...]
CSA president: “It’s a very limited hunt this year”
By Sue Bailey Canadian Press: Eldred Woodford, president of the Canadian Sealers Association, said he won't be going to the ice for the first time in 20 years. That's because just one buyer so far has [...]