Beware of online sealskin scams
St. John's: There is news today that an online scam has duped some sealskin buyers in the province for thousands of dollars. The "seller" who went by the Facebook [...]
Home From The Sea to unveil memorial in June
St. John's: - Home From The Sea, the organization formed to pay respect to the those who perished on the ice back in the 1914 sealing disasters are [...]
Severe ice conditions
April 24, 2014 - St. John's: Ice conditions for this year's seal harvest is proving difficult for some sealers and this will mean an elongated season that will go [...]
The Last of the Ice Hunters
April 23, 2014: St. John's - The Last of the Ice Hunters is a history of the seal hunt, an industry now in decline, but one which provided the [...]
Video: CSA projects good 2014 harvest
April 17 - 2014 St. John's CSA director Frank Pinhorn is interviewed on this NTV news item regarding this years projected positive outlook for the sealing industry [...]
Opening Day
April 14, 2014 - St. John's : The commercial seal harvest opens today. The 2014 quota will allow for the harvest of up to 400,000 harp seals. It [...]
Video: On the hunt for survival
April 10 - 2014 - A Canadian Inuit campaign defending seal hunting reveals a community in crisis. Pictures of Canada's Inuit proudly wearing seal skin started as a playful [...]
#Sealfie – Sealing community tweets in style
In response to talk show host Ellen DeGeneres's epic selfie at the Oscars this year, northern community sealers and families have opted to remind her in the way of [...]
Jacob S. Dalton: Sole Survivor of the Newfoundland Sealing Disaster
March 27, 2014: Submitted article: We kindly received a touching and intriguing story and account of the sole survivor of the Newfoundland Sealing Disaster, Jacob S. Dalton, from his [...]