CSA responds to WTO decision and Canada’s appeal
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: [...]
November 2013
CSA disappointed with CETA talks
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 [...]
Quebec support for their sealers
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 [...]
October 2013
“Phoque Bardot” burger too hot for some
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 [...]
May 2013
The best year we’ve had since maybe 2008-09
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 [...]
March 2013
UPDATE: DFO information sessions
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 [...]
February 2013
Will the EU play fair?
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 [...]