Seal Fishery Opening – April 8
DFO advises Newfoundland and Labrador Seal harvesters that the seal fishery will re-open in Sealing Areas 4 to 23 and Sealing Areas 25 to 27 at 0600 hours on April 8, 2022. The fishery will open [...]
April 2022
September 2021
Archives: Sealing: Facts vs Farce
In 2018 former CSA president Jim Winter wrote for The Downhome magazine's June issue why the EU, British and American sealing policy is hypocritical and anti-democratic. During the most recent seal harvesting season, I was reminded [...]
April 2021
Seal Harvest Opening April 8
DFO advises Newfoundland and Labrador Seal harvesters that the seal fishery will re-open in Sealing Areas 4 to 23 and Sealing Areas 25 to 27 at 0600 hours on Thursday, April 8, 2021. The fishery will [...]
January 2021
Seal Fishery Opening January 25
Seal Fishery Opening - January 25, 2021 The seal fishery will resume for commercial harvesters AND personal-use licenses this year, and is set to open on January 25th, 2021. FULL SEASON DETAILS BELOW DFO advises Newfoundland [...]
December 2020
Group Brings Awareness to Food Security
The Canadian Sealers Association applauds a new initiative from a provincial community group Sharing the Harvest who are concerned about provincial food security, sustainability and food sharing for those vulnerable sectors of our population. Yesterday, in [...]
April 2020
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 Personal Use Seal harvest they can obtain [...]
March 2019
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 DFO advises that applications to upgrade from [...]