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Environment News tagged with seals

Row Over Fishermen Shooting Seals
Environment  (tags: seals, fish, fishermen, shooting )

Claudia
- 43 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A row has broken out in the north of England because fishermen are shooting seals that eat their fish.
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Seal Savers Sentenced for "Egregious Crime" of Seeing a Seal Slain
Environment  (tags: oceans, protection, seals, sealhunt, canada, sea shepherd )

Claudia
- 73 days ago - oceansentry.org
The final verdict was delivered today in the Canadian government's case against Sea Shepherd Captain Alex Cornelissen of the Netherlands and 1st Officer Peter Hammarstedt of Sweden.
25 comments
A $10-Million Fight to Save $1-Million Hunt
Environment  (tags: seals, canada, sealhunt )

Claudia
- 120 days ago - theglobeandmail.com
Canada is launching a trade challenge of Europe's ban on marketing seal products. But protecting the seal hunt's reputation in other markets, not selling fur to Europe, is what's really at stake.
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Haute Seal Cuisine Gets a Boost From Jean's Nosh
Environment  (tags: wildlife, seals, haute cuisine )

Claudia
- 174 days ago - theglobeandmail.com
Seal tartar, anyone? Michaëlle Jean's hearty appetite for seal has sparked new hunger for the edible side of the marine mammal.
32 comments
Governor General Eats Raw Seal Heart to Support Hunters
Environment  (tags: seals, sealhunt, governor, raw sealheart )

Claudia
- 184 days ago - canada.com
Canada's Governor General began her Arctic tour by gutting a freshly slaughtered seal and eating a slice of its raw heart, according to media reports.
169 comments
Canada Defends Seal Hunt Despite EU Ban
Environment  (tags: Seals, canada, seal hunt, ban )

Claudia
- 204 days ago - canada.com
The Canadian sealing industry grappled with the loss of a $2.4-million a year market for seal products Tuesday, as the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of a ban across its 27 nations.
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Sealing Industry Devastated This Year
Environment  (tags: GoodNews, seals, canada, sealhunt, quota, sea shepherd )

Claudia
- 205 days ago - blogs.myspace.com
Of the initial set quota of 280,000 seals, Canadian sealers were only able to slaughter 59,500 seals this year.
23 comments
Share Your Passion for the Seals
Environment  (tags: seals, canadian sealhunt, shares )

Claudia
- 238 days ago - wflendangeredstreamlive.org
Show your support for the Canada's baby seals through pictures and words!Design a Share1 and dedicate it to Canada's seals
16 comments
Be a Part of Seal Warriors
Environment  (tags: seals, sea shepherd, paul watson, talk radio, wfl endangered stream live )

Claudia
- 238 days ago - wflendangeredstreamlive.org
WFL Endangered Stream Live - Talk Radio for Animal Protection"SEAL WARRIORS".Join Captain Watson's Support for the Seals.Show your Support,Participate and Be a Part of the Show!Show Your Support
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Ottawa Amends Seal-Hunt Rules in Face of EU Ban
Environment  (tags: seals, canadian seal slaughter, club banned, Canadiankillersofbabyseals, climatechange, politics, oceans )

In A Mirr
- 331 days ago - cbc.ca
Traditional spiked club banned, The federal government has quietly posted new regulations that will slow down the controversial seal hunt by forcing sealers to take more time ensuring the mammals are dead before skinning.
12 comments
Protestors Barred as Seal Hunt Kicks Off
Environment  (tags: animals, conservation, endangered, environment, 0nature, oceans, protection, Sustainabililty, wildlife, world, seals, canadiankillersofbabyseals )

Sanat
- 605 days ago - news.ninemsn.com.au
The government is allowing hunters to kill up to 275,000 young harp seals on the ice floes off Eastern Canada, but only three had been reported killed on the first morning of the hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
14 comments
We Detect a Seal Change
Environment  (tags: seals, melting sea ice, endangeres species list )

Karenbee
- 606 days ago - washingtonpost.com
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced yesterday that it will evaluate whether four kinds of seals inhabiting Alaska's Bering Sea should be placed on the endangered species list because of melting sea ice.
9 comments
Aquarium Releases Seals Back Into Water
Environment  (tags: animals, conservation, environment, GoodNews, oceans, wildlife, seals )

Erika
- 923 days ago - wtop.com
CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (AP) - Fifteen seals were released back into the water Thursday after being rehabilitated at the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut.
19 comments
Deadly Algae, Overfishing Linked
Environment  (tags: dolphins, seals, birds, pollution, toxins, over-harvesting )

Maureen
- 939 days ago - news24.com
Los Angeles - Hundreds of seals, dolphins and marine birds have been killed in recent weeks by an upsurge in a sea toxin linked to overfishing, the destruction of wetlands and pollution, the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday. The report was trigger
2 comments
Canada's Commercial Seal Hunt Starts
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, wildlife, seals )

Marie
- 968 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Up to 20 percent of the Atlantic herd usually nests on thick ice floes in the southern Gulf, but this year authorities and animal rights groups found only slush and ice fragments too small to support a newborn pup.
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