Commercial and Personal Use fishery closure for whelping
DFO advises that both the Commercial fishery and Personal Use fishery for Harp seals and Hooded seals will close in all areas to all seal harvesters and all fleets based [...]
March 2023
February 2023
Video: Bob Hardy’s “Seals Eat Fish” presentation
Below is a video presentation from long time concerned seal harvest and seal predation activist Bob Hardy at the 2023 SeaNL annual general meeting in Gander this past weekend February [...]
Opinion: Bob Hardy’s paper on full utilization of the seal
One of our most ardent supporters is fisheries consultant and industry advocate Robert Hardy sent us this file (PDF) presentation on how he once proposed to utilize the full seal [...]
January 2023
Obituary: Bernie Halloran
The Canadian Sealers Association is very sorry to hear of the passing of a great friend and fighter for our industry and heritage Bernie Halloran. He was 67. Bernie owned [...]
November 2022
Ár n-oileán Resources hopes to open seal processing plant in Tors Cove by 2024
"Newfoundland company says customers are begging for seal oil products" From: Barbara Dean Simmons - Saltwire journalist: November 18, 2022 Kendall Flood doesn’t worry that Ár n-oileán Resources won’t be [...]
Seal Summit: Update – A good start but there is a mountain to climb
(Saltwire) If this were Mount Everest, we’re at the base and we’ve got a long way to go to get to the summit. That’s the analogy Dion Dakins uses to [...]
Seal Summit: Min. Murray launches an open call for project proposals to increase our understanding of the role of seals in the ecosystem.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada Media Release November 9, 2022 The fishing industry has long been an important source of economic growth and development in Atlantic Canada, particularly in Indigenous and [...]