Upcoming Commercial Sealer Workshops
The PFHCB will be delivering Commercial Sealer Workshops on the following days. The cost is $50 for both certificates. Pre-registration forms can be found at www.pfhcb.com. Monday, March 3, [...]
Buying Local Seal Products
A new logo and awareness campaign was unveiled to encourage residents to buy products from Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada by the provincial government as a new initiative to [...]
2025 Personal Use Sealer Workshops
DFO will be delivering online Humane Harvesting Workshops for persons interested in obtaining a Personal Use Seal licence. Workshops will be delivered virtually/online using Zoom. Sessions will be approximately [...]
Humane Harvesting and Quality Workshops 2025
The Professional Fish Harvesters Certification Board (PFHCB) will be delivering Humane Harvesting and Quality/Handling/Health Workshops virtually/online starting early March 2025, on a first come basis. Workshops will be delivered [...]
Nordic Hunters Alliance hope the EU seal ban can be reversed
The Nordic Hunters Alliance hope the EU seal products import and export ban can be reversed and are calling on the EU parliament to look into recent research on [...]
Fisheries Minister writes to EU to reconsider import ban on seal products
The Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier said in a letter written August 6, 2024 and addressed to the European Commission's vice-president Virginijus Sinkevičius that Canada has been given the opportunity [...]
Swedish scientist weighs in on increased seal populations
The current ongoing EU seal import ban is "causing more harm than good", says Swedish scientist and researcher Sven-Gunnar Lunneryd. He says increased seal populations are causing depleted fish [...]
Opinion: Governor General, Mary Simon’s visit to the province
Former CSA president Jim Winter sends us his thoughts about the recent visit to the province on July 1 by the Governor General, Mary Simon when she paid her [...]
Senate Report on Seal Populations Released: Video
The Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans released its report on Canada’s seal populations and their effect on Canada’s fisheries today, titled Sealing the Future: A Call to Action. The [...]
How climate change is affecting Labrador seal hunters
Some Labradorians worry a shorter seal-hunting season threatens a big part of their culture due to the effects of climate change. As the average temperature warms up globally, the [...]