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November 2013

CSA responds to WTO decision and Canada’s appeal

November 25th, 2013|

November 25, 2013 - St. John's:      The CSA response to today's WTO decision: Eldred Woodford appearing on CTV News - video is here Press release from the CSA office: The Canadian Sealers Association strongly objects [...]

CSA disappointed with CETA talks

November 22nd, 2013|

St. John's, November 22, 2013 - The CSA director Frank Pinhorn, is disappointed seal industry left out of CETA discussion at recent European free trade talks. (CBC.ca) The European Union's ban on the import of seal [...]

Quebec support for their sealers

November 21st, 2013|

Quebec: -  November 15, 2013: (Lifeinquebec.com) - While the seal hunt in Quebec continues to be criticized on the international stage, the government of Quebec is still planning to promote and support the hunt in an [...]

October 2013

“Phoque Bardot” burger too hot for some

October 15th, 2013|

October 15, 2013 -   CBC News  - Montreal:      When Kim Côté introduced a seal burger to his restaurant’s menu in 2012, he probably wasn’t expecting that he’d be getting death threats over a year [...]

May 2013

The best year we’ve had since maybe 2008-09

May 25th, 2013|

St. John's - May 24, 2013 -      Canadian Sealers Association executive director Frank Pinhorn, says about 91,000 harp seals have been landed so far this spring. The federal quota for 2013 is 400,000. This year sees [...]

March 2013

UPDATE: DFO information sessions

March 11th, 2013|

Febraury 18, 2013 March information sessions.   - The Department of Fisheries and Oceans will be holding seal information sessions next month on the Northern Peninsula for new applicants requesting personal use and temporary seal licences. Session [...]

February 2013

Will the EU play fair?

February 20th, 2013|

February 20, 2013    -   Carrie Tate reports for the Globe and Mail that the legitimacy of the European ban on seal imports may be showing cracks in the midst of EU trade with Canada negotiations. The [...]

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