Group pitches seal product trade to Fisheries Department

June 8, 2015

Sales of Canadian seal products could get a lift if the federal Fisheries Department adopts a plan that, among other things, calls for the revival of the controversial seal penis trade, a key supporter of the East Coast seal hunt says.

The report, drafted by the Fur Institute of Canada, is aimed at creating new markets to support an earlier proposal to slaughter 140,000 grey seals over five years in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence — 70 per cent of the grey seals that frequent the area.

Fishermen have long complained that a growing population of grey seals is to blame for eating too many commercially valuable fish, which has resulted in repeated calls for a cull.

This has been excerpted from the 7 June 2015 edition of CBC News and is available in its entirety at:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/group-pitches-seal-penis-trade-to-fisheries-department-1.3103742


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