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 [...]
April 2022
June 2021
5 Miles of Seals (Video)
5 Miles of Seals: Newfoundland fisherman’s video goes viral, fires up more debate about pinnipeds Jason Branton, a fisherman from Winterton, Newfoundland and Labrador, was steering his fishing vessel home [...]
January 2020
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 be [...]
June 2019
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 of [...]
January 2019
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 finger [...]