Sealing group promotes use of valve
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 [...]
September 2011
CSA meets with Federal ministers
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
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 [...]
April 2011
CSA director: “Same old tactics from protesters”
The executive director of the Canadian Sealers Association has slammed an article in Monday’s Telegram — “The end of the seal hunt? Fresh allegations made of violations of Marine Mammal Act at the Front” — calling [...]
2011 Total Allowable Catches and Sharing Arrangements
Harp Seal and Hooded Seal competitive fleet in Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Gulf and Maritimes Regions. The Hooded Seal TAC for 2011 is rolled over from 2010. The total TAC is 8200. The total allowable catch [...]
March 2011
Canada increases seal hunt to 400,000
The quota for the harp seal hunt off Canada's east coast this spring has been set at 400,000 animals by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The total allowable catch for hooded seals will be 8,200, [...]
Norway Fights European Seal ban
March 15, 2011 Minister Shea Welcomes Norway's Challenge of the European Union's Seal Ban at the World Trade Organization The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today issued the following statement welcoming Norway's request [...]