Seal Fishery Opens April 6
Seal Fishery Re-Opening - April 6, 2026 DFO advises Newfoundland and Labrador Seal harvesters that the Commercial and Personal Use Seal fishery will re-open in Sealing Areas 4 to 23 and Sealing Areas 25 to 27 [...]
March 2026
2026 Sealer Workshops
Updated: Course dates are tentatively March 20 & 23 at 9 am. Please note that the The Professional Fish Harvesters Certification Board (PFHCB) will be offering workshops virtually online only by Zoom on the following course: [...]
Personal Use Seal Fishery – Educational Observer Pilot 2026
DFO advises that during the 2026 seal harvest, there will be an opportunity to participate in a Personal Use Seal Fishery Educational Observer Pilot. The intent of this pilot project is to allow knowledge transfer within [...]
January 2026
Writer Bob Wakeham sets the Bridget Bardot record straight
We read with great interest Bob Wakeham's memories of his encounter with the late French actress and animal rights activist Bridget Bardot in a sharp witty piece for this week's Telegram (Saltwire). Bob rightly points out [...]
November 2025
Jim Winter’s Pt. 1 interview with Mike Kehoe of the Coastal People Resource Protection Group
Jim Winter Seals, Stigma and Survival, a project that explores solutions to the stigma associated with seal products, seal hunting and sealers in the EU teamed up with secondary investigator Jim Winter, a former [...]
New study proves seals are consuming more fish stocks than previously reported
Masters student Hannah West of the Marine Institute conducted a new study on how harp seals are playing a key role in the slowed recovery of cod stocks and other fish populations in Newfoundland and [...]
October 2025
Former CSA president Jim Winter takes on UK singer Morrisey
Below is a response from former CSA president Jim Winter to an article published in September on the BBC news website of this year to Morrissey, a UK singer touring Canada, suddenly cancelled his north American [...]