Thick Sea Ice Has Been ‘Catastrophic’ For Canadian Seal Hunters

dailycaller.com ^ | 2/9/2018 | M Bastach

[rktman]

Sea ice around Nova Scotia is so thick, Canadian sealers will have trouble meeting Quebec’s growing demand for grey seal meat.

“We’ve never had trouble meeting demand, but for 2018, we’ll have to see,” Réjean Vigneau, president of the Intra-Quebec Sealers Association, told CBC News.

CBC reports that crews usually haul in 2,000 seals during the winter season, but two failed expeditions in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence since January turned up nothing.

Vigneau called it “catastrophic” for the working men of the Magdalen Islands who depend on seal hunting for their livelihood, and to the environment. This year, thick sea ice off Nova Scotia thwarted seal hunters.

[b4its2late]

LOL!

[ichabod1]

Thicker ice = global warming

[elcid1970]

Looked up poutine (fries, cheese & gravy). Grey seal & poutine sounds like heart attack on a plate. Maybe it wards off the Arctic cold for Quebeckers.

[RedMonqey]

Didn’t they kill all the seals thirty years ago?

They just clubbed all the cute baby seals

/s

[TigersEye]

Looked up poutine (fries, cheese & gravy).

It needs bacon. And not Canadian bacon.

[dfwgator]

[Opinionated Blowhard]

[laplata]

Cool picture. That poor critter probably didn’t last for too long after the picture was taken.

[Uncle Lonny]

The winter weather this year has been more east(cold) and west(Warm) than north and south due to a giant Rossby Wave in the jet stream that has been locked into place since mid-December.

While it has been very cold in the US east of the Rockies, the country west of the Rockies including California the SW, Pacific Northwest, western Canada and Alaska has been much warmer than normal.

So record ice in Eastern Canada is not surprising.

[SgtHooper]

You mean poon tang?

[rktman]

Yup. We're in Reno NV and pretty mild. Our quaking aspens are starting to bud already. Little snow. Same in NM, Utah southern CO. 🤔❄️🇺🇸

[vpintheak]

Obviously caused by human induced climate change. It’s colder because it’s warmer, see?

[shalom aleichem]

The seals love it! ☺

[mosesdapoet]

Some of the Magadalen Islands are French possessions and administered by France

[rktman]

Hmmm. I thought the french had already surrendered to the global warming assclowns.

[Gumdrop]

You beat me to it.

If the ice is so thick that may explain why the polar bears are starving. Bring on summer and O Sole Mio!!!

[RedMonqey]

(Snicker, snicker)

[N. Theknow]

What drink goes well with grey seal?

Canadian Club!

[b4its2late]

Nope, airborne and twirling..... 80 feet up

[Oscar in Batangas]

Thick Sea Ice Has Been ‘Catastrophic’ For Canadian Seal Hunters

...Hasn’t been all that great for US warships at port in certain Canadian waters as well