DFO To Count Harp Seal Population This Spring
Because of their huge numbers in our ecosystem, there will be a harp seal population count around Newfoundland and Labrador this spring. Department of Fisheries and Oceans says this will be the first scientific count since 2012. DFO [...]
Seal Fishery Closure
DFO advises that both the Commercial fishery and Personal Use fishery for Harp seals and Hooded seals will close in all areas to all Seal harvesters and all fleets based in Newfoundland and Labrador at [...]
Have Your Say
Want to have your say about the sealing industry? If you are a sealer or a producer, a craftsperson, consumer of seal products, or an advocate for or if against, maybe you can learn the [...]
Support for the fur industry
The Canadian Sealers Association wants to show our support to the fur industry and especially the fashion industry that still supports fur traders worldwide. Below is a piece from a UK newspaper in the latest attempt [...]
Flipper pie anyone? Where to buy seal meat.
Thanks to Dion Dakins of Carino for the below list of stores on the island where you can source great quality seal meat this coming season. Below are the Colemans stores who will be carrying [...]
Updated: Vancouver restaurant serves up seal pappardelle (Audio and video)
January 25th, 2017 “In the first weekend, it was so popular we actually ran out of seal loin in 3 days! Don’t worry – more is arriving tomorrow morning and we still have lots of [...]
Opinion: Through CETA, European Seal ban should be scrapped
Below is a recent letter from Jim Winter of St. John's to The Hill Times, an Ottawa magazine on all things political in Canada. Jim writes about the missed opportunity by our leaders to address [...]
Chance to win Natural Boutique’s new seal boot!
Just in time for the Christmas season is the arrival of Natural Boutique's beautiful new boot - now in stock at their five locations province wide. Here's your chance to win one of five pairs! [...]
Updated: Fur Day On The Hill 2016 – November 29
Fur Day on the Hill 2016 was held November 29th in Ottawa with meetings with federal representatives of Parliament to showcase and lobby for continued support for all stakeholders of this invaluable historical Canadian industry. [...]
New Novel: Degrees of Guilt by Jim Bennett
Former Newfoundland and Labrador politician, Jim Bennett, has just published a new fiction novel that relates to the seal harvest. Bennett told a local CBC radio station that " ...the opening scene in a [...]