Seal Summit: Update – A good start but there is a mountain to climb
(Saltwire) If this were Mount Everest, we’re at the base and we’ve got a long way to go to get to the summit. That’s the analogy Dion Dakins uses to [...]
November 2022
Seal Summit: Min. Murray launches an open call for project proposals to increase our understanding of the role of seals in the ecosystem.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada Media Release November 9, 2022 The fishing industry has long been an important source of economic growth and development in Atlantic Canada, particularly in Indigenous and [...]
May 2022
Atlantic Seal Science Task Team Report
May 12-2022 Today, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Joyce Murray, announced that the report from the Atlantic Seal Science Task Team is available [...]
February 2022
Campaign Highlighting Effects of Seals on Atlantic Fish Industry
The FFAW is launching an awareness campaign highlighting the devastating impact seal over population has on our Atlantic fish stocks. The union stated Tuesday it is undeniable when it comes [...]
A framework for the conservation of fish stocks and management of pinnipeds put forward
An enactment that requires the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to develop a federal framework on the conservation of fish stocks and management of pinnipeds was put forward as a [...]
June 2021
5 Miles of Seals (Video)
5 Miles of Seals: Newfoundland fisherman’s video goes viral, fires up more debate about pinnipeds Jason Branton, a fisherman from Winterton, Newfoundland and Labrador, was steering his fishing vessel home [...]