Posted on 02/09/2018 11:19:46 AM PST by 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.
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Yes, not much snow here in SW Colo. The San Juan/La Plata Mountains where I live, have about 25% normal snowpack.
No mercy.
If Frank Zappa was still alive, I’d predict another song coming.
Wow!
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