Beware of online sealskin scams
St. John's: There is news today that an online scam has duped some sealskin buyers in the province for thousands of dollars. The "seller" who went by the Facebook name of "Dana Mitchell" from Corner Brook [...]
May 2014
Home From The Sea to unveil memorial in June
St. John's: - Home From The Sea, the organization formed to pay respect to the those who perished on the ice back in the 1914 sealing disasters are close to unveiling a memorial to those [...]
April 2014
Severe ice conditions
April 24, 2014 - St. John's: Ice conditions for this year's seal harvest is proving difficult for some sealers and this will mean an elongated season that will go well into May. As of April 23 [...]
The Last of the Ice Hunters
April 23, 2014: St. John's - The Last of the Ice Hunters is a history of the seal hunt, an industry now in decline, but one which provided the few opportunities for employment to Newfoundlanders and [...]
Video: CSA projects good 2014 harvest
April 17 - 2014 St. John's CSA director Frank Pinhorn is interviewed on this NTV news item regarding this years projected positive outlook for the sealing industry despite the heavy ice conditions. Positive outlooks [...]
Opening Day
April 14, 2014 - St. John's : The commercial seal harvest opens today. The 2014 quota will allow for the harvest of up to 400,000 harp seals. It is hoped between 60,000 and 100,000 will [...]
Video: On the hunt for survival
April 10 - 2014 - A Canadian Inuit campaign defending seal hunting reveals a community in crisis. Pictures of Canada's Inuit proudly wearing seal skin started as a playful Twitter campaign in response to criticism of [...]