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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Dion Diakins, owner CEO of Carino Ltd. says the key to going forward will be "accessing international markets for seal products and demonstrating globally that the harvest is not only viable and sustainable, but also a [...]
One of the new industry players in the provincial seal harvest hopes new markets will open doors for processors here and keep many sealers happy. Owner and operator of PhocaLux International Inc., Bernie Halloran, says despite [...]
The Canadian sealing industry is not the only one feeling the pain from the EU ban on imports of seal products into Europe. Surrounded by a ballooning seal population reaching 12 million, Greenland is seeing the [...]
