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a b c d Weidlich, Brigitte (30 June 2009). "Million-dollar bid to end seal clubbing". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Everyone volunteering at a junior or senior event will receive a 100% credit on the entry fee for the type of race they volunteered at (all senior event volunteering credits are based on a sprint event entry). The credit is added to the wallet in your intoTRI user account 3 days after the event. Wallet funds can be used towards any future event entries or merchandise on intotri.com. Adult seals more than one year old must be shot in the head with expanding bullets, and cannot be clubbed to death. The hakapik shall be used to ensure the animal is dead. This is done by crushing the skull of the shot adult seal with the short end of the hakapik, before the long spike is thrust deep into the animal's brain. The seal is then bled by making an incision from its jaw to the end of its sternum. The killing and bleeding must be done on the ice, and live animals may never be brought on board the ship. Young seals may be killed using just the hakapik, but only in the aforementioned manner, i.e., they need not be shot. [105]

Study on implementing measures for trade in seal products" (PDF). European Commission. 2010. p.45 . Retrieved 3 December 2021.

Two Norwegian hakapiks displayed on the wall of a Tromsø, Norway gun shop A hakapik on display at the Polar Museum in Tromsø, Norway Jannik Vestergaard: He pressed supremely well in the first half, creating Mavididi’s big chance, and pinching the ball a few times. He was mostly calm under pressure with his passing, while defensively, he was solid, and covered for Faes in moments when the Belgian was beaten. 7 Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs" (in Norwegian). 13 January 2005. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012.

Every single event in the Cornish Tri & Mini Tri Series requires 50+ volunteers. Be one of them and make a difference to hundreds of kids and adults. ROLES Challenge yourself at the South West’s biggest triathlon series and fall under the spell of Cornwall’s natural beauty: 6 events, 6 stunning locations. We currently swim in the Essex Mini League and Essex Swimming League, both of which operate much the same as a football league with promotion or demotion based on performance during the year.Seals are killed primarily for their fur, which is used to produce fashion garments and other items. There is a small market for seal oil (both for industrial purposes and for human consumption)and seal penises have been sold in Asian markets as an aphrodisiac. There is almost no market for the meat, so seal carcasses are normally left to rot on the ice. Senior Canadian government representatives define the seal slaughter as “primarily a fur hunt.” 9.Is the seal hunt economically important? The Institute for European Studies". University of British Columbia. 29 August 2008 . Retrieved 7 May 2009. Comte, Michel (15 April 2010). "Canada's seal hunt to close early after low harvest". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 2 May 2010. Shannon Ryan, The Ice Hunters: A History of Newfoundland Sealing to 1914 (St. John's: Breakwater Books, 1994)

The Norwegian sealing season runs from January to September. The hunt involves "seal catching" by seagoing sealing boats on the Arctic ice shelf, and "seal hunting" on the coast and islands of mainland Norway. The latter is carried out by small groups of licensed hunters shooting seals from land and using small boats to retrieve the catch.Another famous sealing ship of the era was the Terra Nova, originally built in 1884 for the Dundee whaling and sealing fleet. She was ideally suited to the polar regions and worked for 10 years in the annual seal fishery in the Labrador Sea. Large and expensive ships required major capital investments from British and Newfoundland firms, and shifted the industry from merchants in small outports to companies based in St. John's, Newfoundland. By the late 19th century, the sealing industry in Newfoundland was second in importance only to cod fishing. [45] In 1978, marine ecologist Jacques Cousteau criticized the seal hunt protest: "The harp seal question is entirely emotional. We have to be logical. We have to aim our activity first to the endangered species. Those who are moved by the plight of the harp seal could also be moved by the plight of the pig – the way they are slaughtered is horrible." [153] Media [ edit ]