Sentence examples for sealing industry from inspiring English sources

Canada and the United States also clashed over fishing rights in the North Atlantic and, in the 1890s, over the sealing industry in the Pacific.

"Our government will continue to vigorously defend this humane and highly regulated industry and seek new international markets for Canadian seal products, including China," he said on the eve of his departure.The sealing industry, a target of animal-welfare groups for decades, is in decline, with 37,000 harp seals killed last year, down from 67,000 the previous year and almost 75,000 in 2009.

It used to be home to an active whaling and sealing industry, but is now a popular tourist destination that also serves as grounds for scientific research.

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

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

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

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.