Audio: CBC at Seal Fest 2019
CBC radio show The Broadcast travelled to Quebec City this week to showcase the incredible wide range of culinary dishes being served up at this year's Seal Fest 2019. [...]
Audio: Fishery Won’t Last Without Limiting Seal Numbers: Consultant
Bob Hardy, a fisheries consultant, has been gathering a lot of information over the past number of years, and he says if we don’t soon act to reduce the [...]
Applications to upgrade from Assistant Sealer to Professional Sealer status now available
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL SEALERS AND FISH HARVESTERS FROM: FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA Mar. 20, 2019 Applications to upgrade from Assistant Sealer to Professional Sealer status are now available [...]
2019 Commercial Sealer Workshops
The PFHCB, in conjunction with DFLR, will be delivering Humane Harvesting as well as Quality/Handling/Health workshops at the four locations. Depending on turn-out, we may consider adding sessions in [...]
BC group calls for a cull to deal with pinniped predation
Pacific Balance Pinniped Society, a British Columbia group who want to create awareness of the impact of pinniped predation on salmon stocks and the resulting collapse of salmon populations, [...]
Podcast: Commercial Sealers under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants
Nikolas Sellheim chats with The Broadcast's Todd O'Brien on how the UNROP -Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas could serve as the [...]
UPDATE FEB 27: Lifting of Licence Freeze
Update: February 27, 2019 Eldred Woodford will be addressing the below matters on CBC radio's The Broadcast radio show Feb 27th at 6.00 pm island time https://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/the-broadcast/episode/15673503 Notice to [...]
Will BC restaurants soon benefit from a seal cull?
An article by Global News this week reports on a new group made up of B.C. First Nations along with commercial and sport fishers who want to see a commercial [...]
Fisheries study ties cod stocks with predatory seals
Researchers and scientists at the Department of Fisheries are trying to determine why cod stocks in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence haven't recovered and they are pointing the [...]
Labrador sealskin upholstery business growing
Sealskin is a more difficult material to work with compared to leathers and synthetic coverings, according to Danny Swearinger, but he believes the look of the finished pieces are [...]