seal hunting
Harvesting marine mammals
Seal hunting is the practice of killing seals for their pelts, meat, oil, or other products.
Commercial seal hunting, particularly of harp seal pups in Canada and Norway, has drawn intense opposition from animal welfare groups since the 1970s.
Indigenous communities in Arctic regions have hunted seals for subsistence for thousands of years: The Inuit consider seal hunting central to their culture and survival.
- InuitArctic indigenous people
- indigenous rightsProtections for original inhabitants
- ArcticEarth's northernmost zone
- polar regionsEarth's coldest latitudes
- sea iceFrozen ocean surface
kayak · harpoon · factory ships · commercial fishing · animal rights · animal cruelty · protest movement · subsistence · rifle · clubbing · baby seals · activism · overhunting · fur trade · pelts · cultural heritage · international treaties · quotas
- Arctic PrehistoryThule culture, microblades, harpoons, stone tools, bone tools
- Kawesqarharpoons, temporary shelters
- AlaskaFairbanks, Juneau, Denali, Sitka, Kodiak
- huntinghunters, tracking, deer calls, stands, flushing
- food procurementforaging, harvesting, fishing, gathering, berry picking
- sealsgasket, o-ring, O-ring, wax seals, fur seals