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 [...]
March 2012
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 [...]
Conditions improving for Seal Harvest
(CBC.ca) February 21 2012 With the harp seal hunt about a month away, officials with Fisheries and Oceans Canada say ice conditions for the hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence are looking [...]
Sealers speak on the issues
February 13, 2012: The Northern Pen newspaper today filed a very good question and answer article with sealers from Port Saunders and Port Au Choix to discuss the current state of the seal industry and the devastating [...]
January 2012
Huge seal population threaten cod stock rebuilding
CBC.ca: --- (Jan 16, 2012) A huge seal population is preventing cod stocks from rebounding off Nova Scotia, two former directors of science at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography say. The work of Bob O'Boyle and [...]
December 2011
Updates: Proposed Russia seal import ban
The Canadian Sealers Association is actively seeking clarification on recent public announcements in reference to the sale and import of seal products to Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan and are pleased to hear today, December 22, that the [...]
Canada Raises Concerns over Proposed Trade Restrictions on Seal Products
Ottawa: December 22, 2011. - The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today issued the following statement on the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia’s proposed trade restrictions [...]