June 22, 2012 - St. John's: The federal government gave $500,000 to help build the sealers' memorial and interpretation centre in Elliston on Friday. And that was enough to have Lieutenant Governor John Crosbie — [...]
As part of the fundraiser for the support for the Sealers Memorial Campaign by the Elliston Heritage Foundation and the Home From The Sea committee, the following chefs participated in the Seal of Approval Dinner held [...]
St. John's fur company to seal deal with N.L. St. John's April 17, 2012 The Newfoundland and Labrador government is working with a St. John's fur company to try to improve the market for seal pelts. [...]
April 12th, 2012 Watch CBC 's video of the challenges and hopes of sealers as the opening of this year's seal harvest in the Gulf of St. Lawrence commences Click image below to be taken to [...]
Tuesday April 10, 2012. The seal hunt in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence officially opened Tuesday morning. The harvest further north and off the northeast coast of Newfoundland in the area known as ‘the front’ [...]
April 5th, 2012 (The Telegram) The provincial government announced today a $3.6-million loan to the sealing industry. Fisheries Minister Darin King, flanked by representatives of the sealing industry, made the announcement in St. John’s and said [...]
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced today the harp seal fishery on “The Front” off the northeast coast of Newfoundland will open Thursday, April 12, at 6 a.m. For seal harvesters based in sealings areas [...]
