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November 2011

Minister Ashfield Boosts Market Access in China

November 3rd, 2011|

Minister Ashfield Boosts Market Access and Advances International Cooperation in China November 1, 2011 Fisheries and Oceans Canada Qingdao, China - Yesterday, the Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, began a trade and cooperation [...]

October 2011

CSA opens new office

October 21st, 2011|

The Canadian Sealers Association officially opened it's new office on Thursday. People from all sectors of the sealing industry and fisheries gathered in St. John’s to officially open the CSA’s new office, located at 368 Hamilton [...]

September 2011

70,000 grey seal cull proposed.

September 15th, 2011|

September 15, 2011 A fishing industry council is recommending that up to 70,000 grey seals should be killed to test the hypothesis that the mammals are preventing the recovery of cod stocks in the southern Gulf [...]

Inuit Disappointed in EU Court Ruling on Seal Ban

September 14th, 2011|

September 14, 2011 Inuit Disappointed in EU Court Ruling on Seal Ban National Inuit Leader Mary Simon issued the following statement today in reaction to the recent court ruling in Brussels regarding the first of two [...]

Sealing group promotes use of valve

September 9th, 2011|

QUEBEC — The Globe and Mail, September 7, 2011 After the animal rights uproar over slaughtered seal pups triggered an import ban of its products by the European Union last year, Canada’s seal industry may be [...]

CSA meets with Federal ministers

September 1st, 2011|

August 31, 2011 Canadian Sealers Association meet with Federal Government on EU Ban A meeting involving various parties involved with the Sealing Industry met in St. John's and federal government officials  to talk about the European [...]

May 2011

Transforming the hunt

May 14th, 2011|

Published on May 14, 2011 Ashley Fitzpatrick wrote a very good article in The Telegram regarding the Canadian Sealers Association's new push to further revitalize the industry in the face of adversity. But despite the hard [...]

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