Save the seal hunt let it be Birds I View Seal hunt analysis by Dr Bill Montevecchi (internationaly renowned marine ornithologist)
Marine mammal research - An overview (Source: Fisheries & Oceans Canada)
Seal–cod interactions on the Eastern Scotian Shelf: Reconsideration of modelling assumptions (Study from Robert O’Boyle (Beta Scientific Consulting inc. Bedford Nova Scotia ,Canada) & Michael Sinclair (Bedford Oceanographic institute, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada)
2006-2008 scientific research report from the Center of Expertise in Marine Mammalogy (Source:Fisheries & Oceans Canada) (PDF formant)
Seals and Sealing in Canada: Report of the Royal Comission (A.K.A Malouf Commission)
The Canadian harp seal hunt:observations of the effectiveness of procedures to avoid poor animal welfare outcomes (P-Y Daoust† and C Caraguel‡) (2012)
† Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Department of Pathology & Microbiology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of
Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown PE C1A 4P3, Canada
‡ School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, Roseworthy Campus, The University of Adelaide, SA, Australia 5371
Current status of Northwest Atlantic Harp Seal (for years 2012)
Harp seals man & ice: Report of the biology and dynamic ressources of the harp seal (Study from D.E Sergeant) (Mc Gil Universityl) (Format PDF)
The Angry Inuk (article on pro-hunt activist Aaju Peter)
Impacts of environmental change and direct and indirect harvesting effects on the dynamics of a marine fish community (2008) Hugues P. Benoıt and Douglas P. Swain
Evaluating the potential for grey seal predation to explain elevated natural mortality in three fish species in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Hugues P. Benoît (Gulf Fisheries Centre, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 9B6, Canada), Douglas P. Swain (Gulf Fisheries Centre, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 9B6, Canada), W. Don Bowen (Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 4A2, Canada), Greg A. Breed (Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J1, Canada), Mike O. Hammill (Institut Maurice Lamontagne, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Mont-Joli, Quebec G5H 3Z4, Canada), Valerie Harvey (Institut Maurice Lamontagne, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Mont-Joli, Quebec G5H 3Z4, Canada).
Assessing threats to species at risk using stage-structured state–space models: mortality trends in skate populations DOUGLAS P. SWAIN (,1,4 IAN D. JONSEN ,2,3 JAMES E. SIMON
,3 AND RANSOMA. MYERS 2,5
1 - Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Gulf Fisheries Centre, P.O. Box 5030, 343 University Avenue, Moncton, New Brunswick E1C9B6 Canada
2 - Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H4J1 Canada
3 - Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y4A2 Canada
Changes in size-dependent mortality in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence marine fish community (H.P. Benoît and D.P. Swain)
Estimated consumption of southern Gulf of St. Lawrence cod by grey seals: bias, uncertainty and two proposed approaches
H.P. Benoît 1, M.O. Hammill 2 , and D.P. Swain 1
1 - Fisheries and Oceans Canada Gulf Fisheries Centre 343 avenue université, P.O. Box 5030 Moncton, NB E1C 9B6
2 - Fisheries and Oceans Canada Maurice Lamontagne Institute P.O. Box 1000 Mont Joli, QC G5H 3Z4
Alternative hypotheses for causes of the elevated natural mortality of cod (Gadus morhua) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence: the weight of evidence (D. P. Swain, H. P. Benoît, M. O. Hammill 1, G. McClelland and É. Aubry)
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Gulf Fisheries Centre P.O. Box 5030 Moncton, NB E1C 9B6 CANADA
1 - Fisheries and Oceans Canada Maurice Lamontagne Institute P.O. Box 1000 Mont Joli, QC G5H 3Z4 CANADA
A risk analysis of the potential effects of selective and non-selective reductions in grey seal abundance on the population status of two species atrisk of extirpation, white hake and winter skate in the southern Gulf of St.Lawrence H.P. Benoît 1, D.P. Swain 1 and M.O. Hammill 2
1 - Fisheries and Oceans Canada Gulf Fisheries Centre 343 avenue université, P.O. Box 5030 Moncton, NB E1C 9B6
2 - Fisheries and Oceans Canada Maurice Lamontagne Institute, P.O. Box 1000, 850 route de la Mer, Mont-Joli, QC G5H 3Z4
Covariation between grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) abundance and natural mortality of cod (Gadus morhua) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. G.A. Chouinard, D.P. Swain, M.O. Hammill, and G.A. Poirier
Seasonal patterns in the spatial overlap of southern Gulf of St. Lawrence cod and grey seals, with a discussion of sources of error and possible bias H.P. Benoît 1 , D.P. Swain 1 and M.O. Hammill 2
1 - Fisheries and Oceans Canada Gulf Fisheries Centre 343 avenue université, P.O. Box 5030 Moncton, NB E1C 9B6
2 - Fisheries and Oceans Canada Maurice Lamontagne Institute P.O. Box 1000 Mont Joli, QC G5H 3Z4
Grey Seals, Cod and Culling Notes for a presentation to the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa (David M. Lavigne) (IFAW)
CURRENT STATUS OF NORTHWEST ATLANTIC HARP SEALS, (Pagophilus groenlandicus) (fEBRUARY 2012)
Seal Products (Graphic showing products used from seals)
A review of animal welfare implications of the commercial canadian seal hunt: A Critique (P-Y Daoust † M.O. Hammill G Stenson , C Caraguel ‡)
