Coverage: Elliston Sealers Memorial official opening
Click to enlarge June 25, 2014: - New photos by Jim Winter have arrived of the new Sealers Memorial Center and can be seen here June 20, [...]
7.3 million and growing
"Highest levels observed since monitoring began in the 1950s" reports The Fisheries and Oceans Canada website. Executive director Frank Pinhorn comments on the ongoing struggle with international export hurdles, [...]
Updates: WTO appeal decision
May 25, 2014 - Frank Pinhorn, executive director of the Canadian Sealers Association, is reminding the public of the European Union's hypocritical stand in light of a World Trade [...]
Abacus Data Poll Reaction
Most Europeans don’t like “public morality” trade bans: Survey "The WTO ban is based on the misconception... that Europeans are completely opposed to the seal hunt" NUNATSIAQ NEWS These [...]
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 [...]