China has agreed to buy seal meat and seal oil from Canada, according to the federal fisheries minister."[We are] natural partners in the seafood industry," Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said Wednesday during a trade mission to [...]
By Rob Cahill, Windsor Star June 1, 2010Chrissy Vanderheide-Stolarski repeats a common animal activist refrain that "a vast majority of Canadians oppose the seal hunt." Concerned about the validity of this claim, the Seals and Sealing [...]
"Unwelcome and misguided initiative" could undermine Inuit seal hunt, Shewchuk saysCHRIS WINDEYERPeople in Ottawa enjoy a feast of seal meat earlier this year. Eastern Arctic ringed seal populations are believed to number in the millions. (FILE [...]
June, 2010 Fishermen call for a mandatory cull Fishermen say the seal population in eastern Canada should be culled to help fish stocks rebound. The head of the Fish Food and Allied Workers union, that represents [...]
January 3, 2011Have we reached 9 million seals in Atlantic Canada?A federal seal researcher says the early birth of seal pups in Labrador may be an indication the area's seal population has grown too large. Read [...]
