Hundreds of dead seals in Labrador
People on the north coast of Labrador say scores of dead seals have been washing ashore since early December. A conservation officer with the area's Inuit government estimated late [...]
The Atlantic Wide Seal Advisory Meeting
January 19, 2011The Atlantic Wide Seal Advisory Meeting will be held at the Delta on the 18 and 19 of January. It will focus on science, quotas for 2011, [...]
China agrees to buy seals
China has agreed to buy seal meat and seal oil from Canada, according to the federal fisheries minister."[We are] natural partners in the seafood industry," Fisheries Minister Gail Shea [...]
Two-thirds support seal hunt
By Rob Cahill, Windsor Star June 1, 2010Chrissy Vanderheide-Stolarski repeats a common animal activist refrain that "a vast majority of Canadians oppose the seal hunt." Concerned about the validity [...]
Nunavut slams US proposal to list ringed seals as threatened
"Unwelcome and misguided initiative" could undermine Inuit seal hunt, Shewchuk saysCHRIS WINDEYERPeople in Ottawa enjoy a feast of seal meat earlier this year. Eastern Arctic ringed seal populations are [...]
Mandatory cull needed
June, 2010 Fishermen call for a mandatory cull Fishermen say the seal population in eastern Canada should be culled to help fish stocks rebound. The head of the Fish [...]
9 million?
January 3, 2011Have we reached 9 million seals in Atlantic Canada?A federal seal researcher says the early birth of seal pups in Labrador may be an indication the area's [...]