CSA meets with Federal ministers
August 31, 2011 Canadian Sealers Association meet with Federal Government on EU Ban A meeting involving various parties involved with the Sealing Industry met in St. John's and federal [...]
Transforming the hunt
Published on May 14, 2011 Ashley Fitzpatrick wrote a very good article in The Telegram regarding the Canadian Sealers Association's new push to further revitalize the industry in the [...]
CSA director: “Same old tactics from protesters”
The executive director of the Canadian Sealers Association has slammed an article in Monday’s Telegram — “The end of the seal hunt? Fresh allegations made of violations of Marine [...]
2011 Total Allowable Catches and Sharing Arrangements
Harp Seal and Hooded Seal competitive fleet in Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Gulf and Maritimes Regions. The Hooded Seal TAC for 2011 is rolled over from 2010. The total [...]
Canada increases seal hunt to 400,000
The quota for the harp seal hunt off Canada's east coast this spring has been set at 400,000 animals by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The total allowable [...]
Norway Fights European Seal ban
March 15, 2011 Minister Shea Welcomes Norway's Challenge of the European Union's Seal Ban at the World Trade Organization The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today [...]
Canada challenges EU decision at WTO
Canada will get to challenge the European Union's trade ban on seal products at a World Trade Organization dispute panel. The WTO's Dispute Settlement Body, which met in Geneva [...]
Call for massive cull welcomed
A new study from the Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, says the experiment would determine whether significantly reducing the grey seal population in the Gulf would help cod stocks recover [...]
Some seals heading for warmer climes?
Harp seals from Atlantic Canada are showing up in U.S. waters in greater numbers and farther south than usual, and biologists want to know why.Small numbers of juvenile harp [...]
Devastation of our stocks
December 2010Devouring Our Cod Stocks Watch graphic evidence of cod stocks being depleted by hundreds of seals in Triton. Video was shot December 24th, 2010.Video courtesy of Dennis Smeaton