Read the Canadian Sealers Association’s Proposal to Lift the Current Freeze on Commercial Seal Licences, and Implement a New Commercial Seal Licencing Structure.
Click here to view the PDF document.
This proposal was submitted to the federal Department of Fisheries in February 2017 and has the support of the following:
Fish Food and Allied Workers (FFAW/Unifor)
Professional Fish Harvesters Certification Board (PFHCB)
Carino Processing Ltd. – Processor of Seal Porducts
Phocalux International Inc. – Processor of Seal Products
Department of Fisheries and Land Resources (DFLR)
The Fur Institute of Canada (FIC)
You can also listen to Eldred Woodford, CSA president, explain on the status of this proposal speaking on Nightline VOCM radio February 26, 2018. He starts at 46:46 of the broadcast here