Fisheries Minister hikes quota for Atlantic seal hunt
Gloria Galloway
Gail Shea, the federal Fisheries Minister who was pied by a protester from the animal rights group over Canada’s seal hunt, announced Monday that she has increased the total allowable catch for harp seals in the 2010 hunt.
“Our government recognizes the importance of the sealing industry to the people and the economies of Canadian coastal communities,” Ms. Shea said in a release. “Ongoing efforts are made to ensure our management decisions include the perspective of our scientists, as well as the input of Canadians in Atlantic Canada, Quebec and the North who work and depend on the industry for their livelihood.”
The announcement comes less than a week after parliamentarians dined on seal at a special luncheon organized for them at the Parliamentary Restaurant.
The current seal population, which is estimated at 6.9 million, is more than triple what it was in the 1970s, the Fisheries release says. The allowable kill has been increased to 330,000 from 280,000.
Also, the freeze on personal use licences has been lifted. As of today, any “coastal Canadian” will be able to hunt up to six seals. ...
es gibt also wieder arbeit für menschen in atlantik kanada
da muß ich dir Recht geben maxim. Ich finde das nicht gut. Und ich frage mich ob sich die Bestände wirklich so vergrößert haben,? oder ob man hier Zahlen schön redet um einen Grund für den Mord an den Robben zu haben???????????? Denn etwas anderes ist es in meinen Augen nicht!
ach so, und ich dachte es gibt weniger Fische weil die Weltmeere leer gefischt werden?! Außerdem, der Mensch kann zwar alles essen, vom Prinziep her , doch muß er das ja nicht, oder?
Ist mittlerweile von hoechster Stelle abgesegnet und Robbenfleisch soll wohl auch sehr gut schmecken.
ZitatMartin: Seal meat dinner a tasteful stunt to promote hunt
By Don Martin, Calgary HeraldMarch 11, 2010Comments (25)
Seal meat was served in the Parliamentary Dining Room March 10, 2010 but the media were not allowed in. Instead a small room was set up where the food could be photographed and MP's could drop by to be photographed with it. Photograph by: Chris Mikula, Ottawa Citizen
The last time I was in the Arctic, in Iqaluit, temperatures were -30 degrees celsius, excluding the windchill. During the day, in the sun.
When we stepped off the plane, the entire ground crew was wearing sealskin boots and gloves. That evening we sat at dinner in one of the few hotels when a number of Inuit approached us with carvings and other arts and craft items. One of them was a young girl, holding a pair of sealskin gloves. They were obviously handmade so I decided to purchase them as a present for my wife.
After I had purchased the gloves I asked where the sealskin had come from. "My dad hunted it" she said. The I asked what had happend to the remainder of the seal. "We ate it" she answered, looking at me as if I was a complete idiot.
I had arctic char and caribou during that stay, but I couldn't find anybody who'd serve me seal, unfortunately. Next time.