The best year we’ve had since maybe 2008-09
St. John's - May 24, 2013 - Canadian Sealers Association executive director Frank Pinhorn, says about 91,000 harp seals have been landed so far this spring. The federal quota [...]
EU Seal Ban Maims Indigenous Way of Life in the Arctic
Rachael Petersen of Global Voices Online last week wrote about the effect the EU ban is having on the indigenous way of life in Northern Canada. - April 30, [...]
Update: CSA and Canadian reaction to EU court decision
April 29, 2013 - Canadian Sealers Association press release on EU Court ban decision: The CSA is voicing its disappointment in the frivolous way the court vaguely attempted to [...]
Updated: Decision on EU parliament import ban
Updated: 4.00 PM EST EU General Court Rules against Sustainable Use of Seals: April 25th, 2013 – Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) and other Inuit plaintiffs in Canada and Greenland [...]
Updates and News for April
Some updates from the head office of the CSA in St. John's, April 2013. The Canadian Sealers Association are pleased to report that the 2013 seal harvest is showing [...]
“No Seal, No Deal” petition wants Canada to block EU from Arctic Council
Petition circulates as EU court may overturn EU seal ban - April 22, 2013 - SAMANTHA DAWSON of Nunatiasq Online This image (see below) by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory has [...]
Seal Harvest 2013 set to begin
April 8, 2013, St. John's: - The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has announced opening dates for this year’s seal harvest. The fishery for Harp Seals will re-open in [...]
Sealing 1914 disaster remembered
About 50 people gathered at the St. John’s Port Authority for the 99th anniversary of the 1914 sealing disaster on Monday. The event was planned by the group Home [...]
CSA attends 4th annual Rendez-vous loup marin
In the community of the Magdelen Islands, Quebec, the 4th annual “Rendez-vous loup marin”, a seal celebration, was held recently. The presence and the participation of guests Ms. Aaju [...]
Province invests with loan for industry
March 27, 2013 - The provincial government announced today it will provide Carino Processing Ltd. of South Dildo with a $3.6 million loan for the purchase of seals from [...]