UPDATE: November 12, 2011

Transcript of testimony of Canadian Sealers Association President Eldred Woodford and Executive Director Frank Pinhorn before Senate Standing Committee available HERE.

UPDATE: November 10, 2011

Transcript of testimony of DFO officials David Balfour (Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Ecosystems and Fisheries Management), Patrice Simon (Director, Environment and Biodiversity Science) and Siddika Mithani (Assistant Deputy Minister, Ecosystems and Oceans Science Sector) before Senate Standing Committee available HERE.

The Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans has recently begun a study that could result in the killing of 140,000 grey seals off Canada’s East Coast.

The Standing Committee has already heard from the Fisheries Resource Conservation Council, the committee which initially recommended a large-scale cull of grey seals as an experiment to see if it helped fish stocks in the Southern Gulf. The Committee has also heard from Department of Fisheries and Oceans officials. Members of the Canadian Sealers Association are scheduled to appear before the Committee on November 15th. To date, no independent scientists have been scheduled to appear before the Committee.

We will be updating this page as developments, arise, so please bookmark this page and check back often.

Dates and names of witnesses appearing/to appear before Standing Committee

Transcript of Canadian Sealers Association Testimony before Senate Standing Committee -
Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011

Transcript of FRCC's Testimony before Senate Standing Committee -
Tuesday, Nov 1, 2011

Transcript of DFO's Testimony before Senate Standing Committee -
Tuesday, Oct 25, 2011

Open letter to Fisheries Minister signed by leading marine scientists advising against grey seal cull

Report of FRCC recommending experimental large-scale cull of grey seals

Main page of Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries & Oceans