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 [...]
April 2014
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 [...]
March 2014
#Sealfie – Sealing community tweets in style
In response to talk show host Ellen DeGeneres's epic selfie at the Oscars this year, northern community sealers and families have opted to remind her in the way of "Sealfies" via Twitter that her criticism of [...]
Jacob S. Dalton: Sole Survivor of the Newfoundland Sealing Disaster
March 27, 2014: Submitted article: We kindly received a touching and intriguing story and account of the sole survivor of the Newfoundland Sealing Disaster, Jacob S. Dalton, from his grand daughter Courtney (Waye) George and we [...]
UPDATE: Seal Workshops March 31 – April 4
UPDATED: March 24 - 2014 (11.00AM) We are supplying a list of new upcoming Seal Workshops to be conducted March 31 - April 4 for the seal harvesting 2014 season to be delivered and conducted by [...]
Perished: 1914 Sealing Disaster book launch
March 17 - 2014 - Perished: The 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster" Boulder Publications is pleased to host the launch of an innovative boom about the seal hunt, "Perished: The 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster", will happen Thursday [...]