Trade deal “largely thwarted by animal rights activists” HALIFAX, Nova Scotia––Canadian fisheries minister Gail Shea admitted on the eve of the April 14 opening of the 2014 Atlantic Canada seal hunt that “a trade agreement to sell Canadian seal meat in China announced more than three years ago has been […]
Chinese activists object to Canadian deal to sell seal meat & oil to China
Sealers desperate to find markets BEIJING, HALIFAX–Canadian Fisheries Minister Gail Shea on January 12, 2011 announced to news media by teleconference call from Beijing that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Chinese Administration of Quality Supervision have reached an agreement which will allow Canadian sealers to export seal meat and oil to China for human consumption. Struggling to find new markets […]