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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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 Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:18 pm Post subject: Want to Help End the Seal Hunt? Boycott Canadian Seafood. |
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Animal and environment protection organizations have negotiated for years with the Canadian government to put an end to its seal hunt�the largest commercial slaughter of marine mammals in the world. But as the kill levels and the cruelty of the hunt escalate, it is clear Canada will only take action once the politics and economics surrounding this issue change.
This is why the ProtectSeals network, which includes The HSUS, called for a boycott of Canadian seafood products the minute the first baby seal was killed on March 29, 2005. The network believes the Canadian government will quickly realize the economic impact of a fisheries boycott is too high a price to pay for the seal hunt.
It is the connection between commercial fisheries and the seal hunt, and the economics of both industries, which makes a boycott of Canadian seafood products a logical next step in ending the annual hunt. And it is American consumers and businesses that purchase Canadian seafood who have the power to convince the Canadian government and individual fishermen to stop the slaughter of seals.
Commercial seal hunting is an off-season activity conducted over just a few days by a few thousand fisherman from Canada's east coast. On average, fishermen who participate in the seal hunt earn about one twentieth of their annual income from sealing. Out of a population of more than 30 million people, less than 5,000 Canadians participate in the commercial seal hunt each year.
Sealing accounts for a tiny fraction of the value of the fishery. Even in Newfoundland, where 90% of sealers live, the economic contribution of the seal hunt is marginal at best. Ninety-eight percent of the landed value of Newfoundland's fishery comes from fish, while only 2% comes from seals. It is important to note that Newfoundland's fishery has never been wealthier in its history, and that the growth is due largely to shellfish.
The bulk of Canadian seafood�an estimated 75% of it�is exported to the United States, generating more than $3 billion (CAD) annually for the Canadian economy. In contrast, the seal hunt provides only a few million dollars each year to Canada.
The Importance of Snow Crabs
Since nine out of ten sealers reside in Newfoundland, it makes sense to target the fishermen in that region. One way to get them to listen to the international outrage over the seal hunt is to hit them in the pocketbook, and that means snow crabs.
More than 80% of the value of Newfoundland's fishery is from shellfish such as snow crabs, while sealing accounts for only 2%. Canadian snow crab exports to the United States�the bulk of which originate in Newfoundland�are valued at more than $370 million (USD) a year. This dwarfs the few million dollars from the seal hunt in comparison.
Almost all U.S. snow crab imports come from Canada. So simply by eliminating just one product from their menus, American restaurants can send a direct message to the very industry and individuals responsible for the seal hunt.
Sign the Pledge
The Canadian government, Canada's fishing industry, and individual sealers face an important economic decision. While seal pups are clubbed or hunted in the seal hunt, the ProtectSeals network will continue it's call for a U.S. boycott of Canadian seafood products.
If you own or run an American restaurant that distributes Canadian seafood, your choice not to sell Canadian seafood products, such as snow crabs, can play a vital role in helping us end the seal hunt. By signing our pledge form, you will help us demonstrate to the Canadian fishing community that continuing the seal hunt puts at risk the most lucrative parts of its industry. Click here to sign the pledge to boycott Canadian seafood.
Fast Facts about Canada's Seal Hunt
It's a cruel slaughter.
Fully 95% of the harp seals killed over the past five years have been under three months of age. At the time of slaughter, many of these defenseless pups had not yet eaten their first solid food or taken their first swim�they literally had no escape from the "hunters."
Video evidence clearly shows sealers routinely dragging conscious pups across the ice with boathooks, shooting seals and leaving them to suffer in agony, and even skinning seals alive.
In 2001, an independent team of veterinary experts studied Canada's commercial seal hunt. Their report concluded that in 42% of the cases they examined, the seal did not show enough evidence of cranial injury to even guarantee unconsciousness at the time of skinning.
It's a reckless cull.
Over the past three years, nearly a million seal pups have been slaughtered for their fur.
The last time sealers killed this many seals�in the 1950s and '60s�close to two-thirds of the harp seal population was wiped out.
Scientists around the world have condemned the Canadian government's management plan for harp seals as reckless, unsustainable, and irresponsible.
The seal hunt brings in very little money.
Even in Newfoundland, where 90% of sealers live, income from sealing accounts for less than one-tenth of 1% of the province's economy.
Sealers are fishermen who engage in several fisheries throughout the year, and sealing revenues account for only about one twentieth of their total incomes.
Killing seals may harm fish stocks.
About 3% of a harp seal's diet consists of commercially fished cod. However, harp seals also consume many significant predators of cod, including squid. Removing harp seals may mean an increase in cod predators.
The Canadian government clearly states there is no evidence that killing harp seals will help fish stocks recover, and scientists have expressed concerns that culling seals may in fact impede the recovery of ground fish stocks.
If you oppose the seal hunt, you're in good company.
Polling shows 85% of Canadians believe seals under one year of age should be protected from hunting (Angus-Reid, 1997).
In European Union countries where polling has been conducted�the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the Netherlands�close to 80% of people who are aware of the Canadian seal hunt oppose it (MORI, 2002).
Polling shows 79% of American voters oppose the Canadian seal hunt (Penn, Schoen & Berland, 2002).
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 1:47 am Post subject: |
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| Are you The Cube or Catman today? |
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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 2:00 am Post subject: |
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I do not have any explanation. I did click the 'submit' button a second time because it was extremely slow. But I have no idea how one thread came up under another poster's name. 
The moderators might be able to check out IP addresses to show that we are not the same poster. Just weird.
Edit: Just noticed that there are three threads to this topic now.
Edit#2: Now there are four?? What the..... |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 3:04 am Post subject: |
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| Well, more to the point, people who eat seafood (a living animal) should boycott the killing of another living animal. If you're against eating animals, okay great. But in for a penny, in for a pound. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:18 am Post subject: |
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| catman wrote: |
I do not have any explanation. I did click the 'submit' button a second time because it was extremely slow. But I have no idea how one thread came up under another poster's name.
The moderators might be able to check out IP addresses to show that we are not the same poster. Just weird. |
That or you're in serious need of a new hobby. |
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keninseoul
Joined: 09 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:36 am Post subject: SFBs |
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| If you own or run an American restaurant that distributes Canadian seafood, your choice not to sell Canadian seafood products, such as snow crabs, can play a vital role in helping us end the seal hunt. By signing our pledge form, you will help us demonstrate to the Canadian fishing community that continuing the seal hunt puts at risk the most lucrative parts of its industry. Click here to sign the pledge to boycott Canadian seafood. |
so the intend is to hurt all fishermen, because of a few - not all of which maybe fishermen? Sounds like Sheet For Brains, to me.
Why not boycott the stores which sell the furs?
Maybe we should not buy anything from Africa because of the illegal pouching - oh wait, the seal harvest is legal. Why not petition the government? SFBs.
This has been a cause for the white teeny boopies for the past 40 years. Give it a rest. |
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stevemcgarrett
Joined: 24 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 7:05 am Post subject: A Sealin' We Will Go |
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The seal population has tripled in the past decade and a half despite the hunting. And hitting them over the head is actually more humane than shooting them, especially if they fall through the ice floes. They're also not supposed to cull the pups.
I say tell Paul McCartney to stick to making music and let the seal hunters bang away.
Thump.
There goes another one now. Now, you too can p*ss off a polar bear. |
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Wrench
Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Boycot Korean food because they eat cute Puppy Dogs. |
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red dog
Joined: 31 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| Well, more to the point, people who eat seafood (a living animal) should boycott the killing of another living animal. If you're against eating animals, okay great. But in for a penny, in for a pound. |
I basically agree, but I can also see why HSUS is calling for the boycott as a way to achieve an end to one particular form of animal abuse even before the whole world goes veg -- which is likely to take a long time. However, I really don't know if the boycott will do any good. It seems to be sending the message that it's OK to eat non-Canadian sea animals, which of course isn't the case. |
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Cohiba
Joined: 01 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:22 pm Post subject: Seal Hunt |
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Hey Catman, looks like you really put a lot of effort into
your post. Cutting and pasting such a large article must
have been gruelling!
How about we put the same amount of energy into saving
the seals.
Poor seals. |
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crazykiwi
Joined: 07 Jun 2003
Location: new zealand via daejeon
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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| does anyone know what seal tastes like? is it like chicken or whale? or does it have a more gamey taste like panda? for gods sake, who cares? not i. |
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stevemcgarrett
Joined: 24 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 7:33 pm Post subject: Seal Hunting Suggestion |
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Any vegan who thinks the world is going the sprout route any time soon is delusional or kidding themselves.
What I wouldn't give at this very moment for a medium rare (slightly reddish) USDA Angus Beef porterhouse steak with A-1 sauce on the side. Now that's dining.
Never had seal meat but I unwittingly ate pickled bull's p-enis in China a few years ago. Could have been worse: I hear golden monkey brains straight from the cranium are a delicacy, although now officially banned, in some parts of southern China. No, thanks, I'll pass.
Thump. There goes another seal.
Ouch. Glancing blow. Thump. There. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:48 pm Post subject: Re: Want to Help End the Seal Hunt? Boycott Canadian Seafood |
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"What I find 'horrific' about your country is the daily killing of innocent people in Iraq, the execution of mainly black prisoners in U.S., the massive sale of guns to U.S. citizens every day, the destabilization of the whole world by the aggressive foreign policy of U.S. government, etc."
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http://www.canada.com/topics/news/politics/story.html?id=3a554039-ebbf-436e-8706-397c94762f57&k=52863 |
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Hyalucent
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: British North America
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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I responded last night on one of the other duplicate threads, but it got deleted. I still wanted to post this URL though, as it pertains to the boyvott and the above OP specifically. It says that in a recent study, 78% of the restaurants signing this pledge either continued to sell Canadian seafood or never sold it in the first place.
http://www.consumerfreedom.com/pressRelease_detail.cfm/release/152 |
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stevemcgarrett
Joined: 24 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:37 pm Post subject: Zis is Outrageous!! |
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Hmm...let's see, a French Canadian senator sends a diatribe as a reply to a family from Minnesota who had genuine misgivings about going to Canada for vacation because of the ongoing seal hunt and said so politely enough. No surprise there: I mean, Chirac, their great cousin in France, stormed out of an EU meeting when a (French) diplomat had the temerity to utter a speech in English.
Ah, yes, the sneering leftist pro-Martin faction rears its ugly head yet again. To that senator and her ilk, I say, yes by all means you should demonstrate your heartfelt sense of outrage and boycott all American, er-North American--er--U.S. products forthwith. After all, who would want to buy from such a barbaric people as us!
Oh, and I'll let you in on a little secret. After we bomb the living hell out of Iraq and Iran, we're going to do the same to North Korea and then the U.S. Forces United Against the Axis of Evil are going to slip across the Bering Strait, dash over the Alaskan tundra using Iditarod scouts, and seize control of Quebec! Yes, we will install a puppet regime in Montreal and force feed the citizens Vermont cheeses (Wisconsin cheeses are too good for them). And then, and then we will pummel all opposition and proclaim Quebec the 51st state of the Great and Glorious Republic of America, thereby righting a wrong from the War of 1812. This is the plan and only I and Rumsfeld know it. He he |
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