Sentence examples for seal industry from inspiring English sources

The seal industry also has been developed in northern regions mainly for furs.

The fur seal industry north of the equator is wholly in the Pacific.

The government's continued support of the seal industry is also in keeping with its policy of promoting Canada's Arctic.

"What we want to do is continue to express our support for the seal industry here in Canada, to the sealers on our coasts and in the North," she told reporters.

Lesley O'Donnell, the director of the European branch of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, described the European vote as the "final nail in the coffin" of the Canadian seal industry's market in Europe.

In a world, however, where quality, reliability and safety are ill defined and investment in 'company standards' is a debatable value-added cost, they are becoming increasingly attractive to the seal industry's main customers.

The sealing industry drew seal hunters to New Zealand, and in the 1790s fur traders wintered in Hawaii.

But conservationists claim the regulations are inadequate and the sealing industry should be phased out.

Also included are biographies of important public figures, many of whom were influential in the sealing industry, politics, or religion.

The commercial sealing industry began with the harvest of adult harp seals in Newfoundland and Labrador during the middle of the 18th century.

While seal numbers have rebounded – harp seals now number 7.3 million, three times the 1970s population – the sealing industry has contracted.