70,000 grey seal cull proposed.
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 [...]
September 2011
Inuit Disappointed in EU Court Ruling on Seal Ban
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
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
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 [...]