What countries still have yearly seal hunts?

What countries still have yearly seal hunts?

 

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And believe me - most of us educated and civilised Canadians HATE the very idea of this vicious and cruel business Undecided

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Tree, I just went to research, before I Posted, please read carefully.. the link is there too..

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Seal hunting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals. The hunt is currently practiced in five countries: Canada, where most of the world's seal hunting takes place, Namibia, the Danish region Greenland, Norway and Russia. Canada's largest market for seals is Norway (through GC Rieber AS).[1]


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The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) regulates the seal hunt in Canada. It sets quotas (total allowable catch-TAC), monitors the hunt, studies the seal population, works with the Canadian Sealing Association to train sealers on new regulations, and promotes sealing through its web site and spokespeople
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The DFO set kill quotas of 270,000 seals in 2007, 275,000 in 2008, 280,000 in 2009, and 330,000 in 2010.[2] The actual kills in recent years have been less than the quotas: 82,800 in 2007, 217,800 in 2008, 72,400 in 2009, and 67,000 in 2010.[3] In 2007, Norway claimed that 29,000 harp seals were killed in its seal hunt, and Russia and Greenland claimed that 5,476 and 90,000 seals were killed in 2007, respectively..
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Harp seal populations in the northwest Atlantic declined to approximately 2 million in the late 1960's as a result of Canada's annual kill rates that averaged over 291,000 from 1952 to 1970.[4] Conservationists demanded reduced rates of killing and stronger regulations to avert the extinction of the harp seals. In response, in 1971, the Canadian government instituted a quota system, though penalties are not imposed for exceeding the quota. A 2007 population survey conducted by the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) estimated the current population at 5.5 million (95% CI 3.8 million - 7.1 million).
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It is illegal in Canada to hunt newborn harp seals (whitecoats) and young hooded seals(bluebacks). When the seal pups begin to molt their downy white fur at the age of 12–14 days, they are called "ragged-jacket" and can be commercially hunted.[5] After molting, the seals are called "beaters", named for the way they beat the water with their flippers.[6] The hunt remains highly controversial, attracting significant media coverage and protests each year.[7] Images from past hunts have become iconic symbols for conservation, animal welfare, and animal rights advocates. In 2009, Russia banned the hunting of harp seals less than one year old

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