A pair of sealskins in Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut in 2017. The European Commission is reviewing the EU's ban on products made from seal.
In 2009, the European Union limited imports for Canadian seal products, citing the "pain, distress, fear and other forms of suffering" of seals because of the way in which they are killed and skinned.Posted: Aug 07, 2024 6:42 PM EDT | Last Updated: 35 minutes ago
opportunity to "provide input" on the seal trade while the union fine tunes its rules. The outcome is scheduled to be published on the site in eight weeks. However, a Senate fisheries committee said in a May report that there were "troubling science and research gaps" in relation to seals, including the ecosystems they inhabit, their diets and their distribution.
The Fisheries Department puts the grey and harp seal populations at 424,300 and 7.6 million animals, respectively. "This has directly impacted the lives, livelihoods and culture of Indigenous and coastal communities in Canada for whom a sustainable, humane and ethical seal harvest has long been a way of life."
traditionally responsible for working the seal pelt, and this was an important source of identity and respect, as well as a source of revenue that provided economic independence," said the letter.
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