Update: 2020 Seal Harvest
2020 Seal Harvest Update Please note this news release issued by DFO Newfoundland and Labrador April 24, that they are advising Commercial Seal licence holders interested in the 2020 [...]
Video: “Canadian Sealing – A Labyrinth of Lies”
We are very thankful for a great media presentation shared to us by the former president of the Canadian Sealers Association, Jim Winter. It is titled "Canadian Sealing [...]
2017 pup production survey released
A report titled: "2019 status of Northwest Atlantic Harp Seals" was released last week by The Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat for the Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec Region with [...]
UPDATE: All Commercial Sealer Workshops Cancelled
2020 – Commercial Sealer Workshops ALL WORKSHOPS CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO THE COVID 19 SITUATION. We will update this page if and when the workshops go ahead. [...]
Updated: Online petition calls on federal government to stem seal overpopulation
Update: January 9, 2020 Yesterday's assessment update from DFO confirmed the worst - natural mortality, namely predation, is having grave effects on the south coast cod stock. Action must [...]
Government of Canada establishes Atlantic Seal Task Team
Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Canada: Aug 14, 2019 The sustainable management of Canadian fisheries is important to fish harvesters whose livelihoods are supported by the ocean. The Department of [...]
Memorial Ocean Science student researching seal teeth
Undergraduate 4th year student Jenn Wilkins at Memorial University's Ocean Sciences Centre in Logy Bay Newfoundland is studying seal teeth. It was during her course coastal archeology she discovered [...]
FFAW | UNIFOR draw attention to seal over population
Press Release from FFAW | UNIFOR: June 13, 2019 Yesterday evening, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) announced the management plan for some groundfish species in the Gulf [...]
Notice: Harp seal tagging is in effect
April 5, 2019 We would like to bring sealer's attention to a notice we received from DFO today regarding the tagging of a few harp seals in the Gulf [...]
NOTICE: Seal Harvest 2019 Opening Date
NOTICE TO ALL SEALERS AND FISH HARVESTERS Seal Fishery Opening - April 9, 2019 DFO advises Newfoundland and Labrador Seal harvesters that the seal fishery will re-open in [...]