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June 2012

Sealers Memorial receives funding

June 24th, 2012|

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 — [...]

May 2012

Top chefs at “Seal of Approval” fundraiser

May 4th, 2012|

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 [...]

April 2012

Province and fur company join forces

April 17th, 2012|

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. [...]

Video of Gulf of St. Lawrence harvest opening

April 12th, 2012|

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

April 10th, 2012|

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 6th, 2012|

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

March 31st, 2012|

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 [...]

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