The hunt is on ... and the seal wars are back
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Canada's Department of Fish and Oceans has begun a criminal investigation of the annual market hunt for harp and hooded seals. The probe was inspired by video footage, documenting inhumane and illegal seal slaughtering practices, that was gathered by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and aired on Canadian television. Sealers participating in the 1996 hunt, the first large-scale market hunt since the clubbing of harp seal pups was banned in 1987, reported slaughtering 242,262 harp and 27,000 hooded seals. The sharp kill increase from 1995 led IFAW to renew its campaign against the commercial hunt.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 1997
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101 seal hunters
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The Canadian Dept of Fisheries charged 101 seal hunters in Nov 1996 with illegally killing 25,000 seal pups. Some 23,000 of the pelts are from young hood seals, which are legally protected as pups for as long as two years. The seal hunters contend that fishery officials observed the violations without making protests at the time. The charges could cause a renewal of the international condemnation that led to the ban on seal pup clubbing in the 1980s.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 1997
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Net losses
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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in fall 1998 closed driftnet fishing because marine mammals and sea turtles were drowning in fishing nets in New England. Vessels from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Florida caught about 30 metric tons of swordfish, but they also killed 34 sea turtles and 293 whales, dolphins, and other sea mammals. NMFS further proposed new rules to prevent the killing of other sea animals.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 1999
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