The Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans released its report on Canada’s seal populations and their effect on Canada’s fisheries today, titled Sealing the Future: A Call to Action. The Fish, Food, and Allied Workers Union (FFAW-Unifor), [...]
"Reconseal Inuksiuti" recently marked two years in operation for founders Yoanis Menge and Ruben Komangapik with their hunting and harvesting initiative. "We came up with "recon-seal" as a play of words (a mix of) reconciliation and [...]
A first crew of hunters, accompanied by researchers from Laval University, set sail Thursday morning to go to the small isolated island located north of the archipelago. In October 2020, Quebec authorized a gray seal hunt [...]
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 [...]
In partnership with the Professional Fish Harvesters Certification Board (PFHCB), the Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture (FFA) will be delivering Seal Quality, Handling, Health Workshops virtually online beginning the week of March 29th. Workshops will [...]
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 [...]
Brenda O'Reilly put on a fine Seal Poutine dish to celebrate Seal Fest at The Yellowbelly Pub in downtown St. John's. Brenda has been supporting the buy local tradition and regularly has seal meat on her [...]
