Tag Archives: Sealing
Raising the sealing: Central Newfoundland Conservative candidate promises to revive beleagured seal hunt
The incumbent Member of Parliament for Central Newfoundland is vowing to bring back the seal hunt in the province. In an announcement made via a social media video post from outside the closed seal processing plant in Fleur de Lys on the Baie Verte Peninsula, Conservative candidate Clifford Small said restoring the seal harvest would bring balance to the ocean ecosystem and protect harvesting jobs and a way of life that has fallen by the wayside in recent times. Small — who was first elected in 2021 to represent the riding formerly known as Coast of Bays-Central-Nortre Dame — alleged the Liberal government has been trying to end the harvest. For the last decade, he said, the Liberal government has refused to listen to workers in the fishing industry and to evidence that showed unchecked seal and sea lion populations were depleting fish stocks. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 10:14
Sealing was a dangerous job
I always remember a picture of my great-grandfather standing next to a pile of harp seal pelts on the heaving and unpredictable ice floes in the frigid North Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland. Most of the fishermen, who became sealers for just a few weeks every spring, wore only the clothes and footwear that they had on when they arrived at the fleet,,, It was risky business, but the fishermen were typically poor and had big families to feed, so many jumped at the chance to join the seal fleets, despite the significant hazards involved. more, >click to read< 09:44
Sealing advocates applaud idea of federal funding, but not approach
