Minister Hutching’s to approach US ambassador about seal exports to the USA.
If Keith Hutchings, Newfoundland and Labrador's minister of Municipal and Provincial Affairs, has his way he would like to see a way forward to get seal products from here into the US markets in light of [...]
Federal support for aboriginal sealing industry announced
We are examining the recent federal budget announcement made this Tuesday regarding the news that support for the aboriginal sealing sector has being committed over 5 years. We have included the actual text below from [...]
NOTICE: 2015 Personal Use Seal License Sessions
DFO advises that there will be a Seal Information Session for new applicants requesting Personal Use Seal licenses at the following location: Eastport - Thursday, April 23 at S.U.F. Hall, Eastport, NL. Session will commence [...]
Opinion: Jim Winter on EU’s weak trade restrictions laws.
The EU Seal Products Ban – Why Ineffective Animal Welfare Protection Cannot Justify Trade Restrictions under European and International Trade Law by Martin Hennig, Postdoc, Ph.D, Faculty of Law, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, [...]
Important Notice: CSA Operations
For immediate release: April 17, 2015 The Canadian Sealers Association is facing challenging times in light of restrictive market opportunities worldwide for our sealers and producers to sell their product. The CSA will be seeking [...]
CSA president: “It’s a very limited hunt this year”
By Sue Bailey Canadian Press: Eldred Woodford, president of the Canadian Sealers Association, said he won't be going to the ice for the first time in 20 years. That's because just one buyer so far [...]
Carino CEO: “International markets key”
Dion Diakins, owner CEO of Carino Ltd. says the key to going forward will be "accessing international markets for seal products and demonstrating globally that the harvest is not only viable and sustainable, but also [...]
Market about to “bust wide open”
One of the new industry players in the provincial seal harvest hopes new markets will open doors for processors here and keep many sealers happy. Owner and operator of PhocaLux International Inc., Bernie Halloran, says [...]
Greenlanders feeling the EU ban pain
The Canadian sealing industry is not the only one feeling the pain from the EU ban on imports of seal products into Europe. Surrounded by a ballooning seal population reaching 12 million, Greenland is seeing [...]
Industry support announced
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has made an important commitment to the seal industry with two loans to both Carino Ltd. and PhocaLux International Inc. who each will receive $1 million each. The Honourable [...]