Province and fur company join forces
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 2012
Video of Gulf of St. Lawrence harvest opening
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 [...]
Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence harvest opens
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’ [...]
Major show of support for industry
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 [...]
March 2012
Seal hunt to open April 12
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 [...]
TAC quota same as 2011
March 21, 2012. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has set the Total Allowable Catch for the 2012 season for Harp Seals. Total Allowable Catches and Sharing Arrangements for the Hooded Seal TAC for 2012 is [...]
February 2012
Nova Scotia Grey seal hunt begins in Hay Island
February 25, 2012 (CBC.ca) About 25 sealers arrived on Hay Island, N.S., off the eastern coast of Cape Breton, on Thursday for the start of the grey seal hunt. Journalists are on the tiny outcrop of [...]