Ensuring a sustainable and humane seal harvest / Chair: Gerald Keddy. : XC51-391/1-1-01

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This Standing Committee report reviews Canada’s commercial seal harvest. It covers the anti-seal harvest campaign in Europe; the sustainability of the seal population and harvest quotas; the ecological balance with regard to cod fish stocks; the economic and cultural significance of the seal harvest to Canada’s Aboriginal peoples; the Inuit seal harvest and the impact of a new ban; humane killing methods; observation of the seal harvest; and management and enforcement concerns. Includes 18 recommendations.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Parliament. House of Commons.
Title Ensuring a sustainable and humane seal harvest / Chair: Gerald Keddy.
Series title Report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language Bilingual-[English | French]
Format Paper
Publishing information House of Commons April 2007.
Binding Softcover
Description English text, vii, 41p. ; 28 cm.
ISBN 978-0-660-63357-2
Catalogue number
  • XC51-391/1-1-01
Subject terms Sealing
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