Canadian’s culture initiates from their wildlife and forests. Many different ways of living in Canada’s regions has an impact on the cultural view. The major problem with the wildlife view involving cultural acts is Seal Hunting. Seal Hunting has been continuing for years and harming many of the seas natural inhabitants. In the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which is in the Maritimes, is a popular venue for such activities. An exploration of a day in the life of a seal and hunter is portrayed in the Maritimes, and its effect on the culture in the Maritimes. In the Gulf of St. Lawrence yearly they open a hunt for the seal hunters to allow them to preform there duties to destroy the cultural wildlife of the sea in the Maritimes. During this time of season you can see many different vessels of many sizes travelling through the ice searching for their prey. Usually they are known as commercial seal hunters. Harp and hooded seals are the majority of prey. When they reach the seals, they continue their job by shooting any seal in sight, young, old, or even seals carrying infant seals. It is a very difficult situation to imagine when the helpless animals flee from their hunters. Seals do escape and can continue on, but the ones who are shot and are hurt usually just slip under the radar and eventually suffer and die. The hunters use hakapiks to kill the injured seals at close range, it is a big wooden club with an ice pick at the end for dragging purposes. They also club immobile injured seals. After the seal is killed, the captors then take their hakapik pick and put it into the seals back to carry it aboard their vessels. It is then the seal is skinned, sometimes while alive. Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans isn’t large enough to do ... ... middle of paper ... ...ndependent owned businesses, and even the commercially owned businesses would still suffer. The clubs used could be acceptable if they were used in a way that is humane, like how the aboriginals used them to hunt for survival purposes, not for the commercial slaughter or wealth. The DFO says that they monitor all aspects closely of the seal hunt from the licensing of hunters, examining the duties of sealers, dock inspections, to inspections at the buying and processing plants. But in reality, it shows that the DFO has given more fines to other animal rights groups then to the hunters in the seal industry. That has changed many people’s minds on the outlook of the nature of the DFO’s duties. Due to the DFO holding out on fining the hunters and stopping them from hunting over their quota, they are still continuing to do as they want without any implications to them.
It is apparent that over several centuries, Aboriginals have developed a close spiritual connection with the land. Unfortunately, Bill C-45 “…attacks the land base reserved for Indigenous people, removes protection for hundreds of waterways and weaken[s] Canada’s environmental laws” (Caven, 2014). In essence, this legislation sees the vulnerable waterways that Aboriginal individuals rely on furthermore, feel united with, and are left exposed to potential contamination. As such, they have become deeply in tune with the environment, thus truly...
Hawaiian monk seals, Neo Monachus schauinslandi, are no ordinary species. They are Hawaii’s state mammal and are currently endangered. The Hawaiian Monk seal is rare because of many factors, which include overhunting, getting trapped in fishing nets, and overhunting of their favorite food, lobsters. Because of their rarity, the Hawaiian Monk Seal is a main attraction to tourists all over the world. Found in Hawaii, this monk seal is one of the two species left of the ancient seals. Grouped into the earless seal category, the Hawaiian Monk seal has two other cousins, the Caribbean Monk Seal (extinct), and the Mediterranean Monk Seal (critically endangered). The Hawaiian Monk Seal has a lifespan of 25-30 years, weighs 500-600lbs,
Of the lessons of this course, the distinction made between story and situation will be the most important legacy in my writing. I learned a great travel essay cannot be merely its situation: its place, time, and action. It requires a story, the reader’s internal “journey of discovery.” While the importance of establishing home, of balancing summary and scene, and other lessons impacted my writing, this assertion at least in my estimation the core argument of the course.
Now, sustainable development and quality of life are crucial to the well being of our nation. Thus, I have pondered many a year on this very important matter and have consulted a very knowing Canadian of my acquaintance at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The amount of natural resources in this country being usually reckoned infi...
The Harp Seal lives in the chilly waters of the North Atlantic and Artic oceans. They spend majority of their time swimming, but do go on land. The Harp Seal eats approximately sixty-seven species of fish and seventy species of invertebrates. These animals are prey of Polar Bears, Killer Whales, and Greenland Sharks (Kovacs, 2015). The Harp Seal’s status is least concerned. They move to Newfoundland, the Greenland Sea, and the White Sea for breeding. As a result of climate change and overfishing, it is predicted that Harp Seal populations will decrease because of loss of pup raising space and loss of food supply. National Geographic. (2016)
If there is a new law that enforces every child to be killed within its first three months for industrial purposes, it will not seem realistic but in Canada, it is a current event. It may not be happening to humans, but it is a recurring issue for seals in Canada. In the recent years, seal hunting has become a controversial matter for Canadians, but the death of the seals is not a major concern to the government because what matters most to them is the revenue they profit from the production and trade of the seal products. However, seal hunting should be prohibited in Canada because baby seals are impetuously being killed, negatively impacting employment opportunities and traditions of the Inuit, and millions of taxpayers’ money is being wasted inconsiderably by the commercial seal hunting industry and for fighting the ban of seal hunt.
Marquise Lepage’s documentary, Martha of the North (2009) provides an insight to the 1953 forced relocation of the Inuit from Northern Quebec to the High Arctic. It does an exceptional job at explaining how the Inuit’s lives were affected and molded at a holistic perspective. Martha of the North (2009) can be explained through the concept of holism and its limitations. The concept of holism can explain the effects that the relocations has had on the Inuit people. Although the Inuit’s behaviour can be analyzed through the concept there are aspects of their experience that holism does not account for. The documentary follows the life of one of the first Inuit to be relocated, a woman named Martha, along with her family and the people in her community.
In the article it say’s “Hearn said the hunt helped keep the numbers under control and protected the fish stocks.”(David) This quotation shows that by hunting the seals we are protecting the fish stocks. If we do not hunt the seals there will not be enough fish for us to eat because the seals are going to have the fish for themselves leaving us with nothing. When we hunt the seals we are maintaining the fish population and protecting it from the seals. Pursuing this further it say’s “Many Newfoundland fishing communities are devastated by the collapse of cod stocks in the 1900’s and the hunt is one of the few things sustaining remote coastal towns”(David). This quotation states that the seal hunt was one of the things that was sustaining and was providing food for those coastal towns. Also another thing that was stated in this article was that the Newfoundland fishing communities were devastated when the stocks for the cod collapsed because all the seals took over. In the 1900’s they did not hunt seals as much and it lead to a collapse in cod stocks. This is why going forth with the seal hunt will help maintain the seal populations and it will help maintain the fish
It was a cold crisp Thursday morning, and three of my buddies and I are about to go moose hunting. We are going down to my cabin in a place called Taylor's Bay, which is about a nine-mile ride from our town by boat. The only way to get to it is by boat, so the weather was good, there was no wind and that would make for a great trip on the water. The weather has to be real bad if I can't get back in my boat because it is a 26 foot fiberglass boat that is really seaworthy and it has a shelter up on the front and that will keep all our supplies dry.
Parliament of Canada. (n.d.). Northern Cod: a failure of Canadian fisheries management. Retrieved June 17, 2014, from Parliament of Canada: http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=2144982&Mode=1&Parl=38&Ses=1&Language=E&File=21
In the conclusion of “Bloody Ice,” the author makes the suggestion of ranching the seals. But how is that a better method to regulate the killing of seals? Ranching seals might come off as inhumane and cruel to somebody else. The author needs to define what is inhumane and cruel. The author states, “According to Oceans magazine, before the limit of 180,000 seals was established in 1950, the number of seals had dwindled from 3,300,000 to 125,000,000.” That is a large reduction in the number of seals dying. The author claims, ”Now, even with this allotment, the seals are being killed off at an almost greater rate than they can remultiply.” It doesn’t prove to the audience that with current regulations that their is a danger of the extension of seals.
The seal hunt has been a Canadian tradition, started by the First Nations people, for over 4000 years. The seal hunt is still going on today and the debate of wheater it is an important part of our country and if it’s something we want our home and native land to be associated with. Furthermore, the hunt has been shown on many occasions to be extremely inhumane and unsustainable. It also does not provide a significant economic boost. Consequently, the Canadian government has been working on ways to make this tradition more ethical and sustainable, but so far their attempts have only had a minuscule effect.
Aboriginal women had occupied an essential position in the fur trade of the North American region from its birth during the 17th and 18th centuries. Even though this is true, the role of women, especially those of the Native American society, has been ignored a great deal in the entire history of fur trade. Contrary to the belief that the whole fur trade activity was only male-dominated, it very much depended upon Native women and their participation and labor in order to ensure survival as well as economic success. This paper will attempt to illuminate how Native women played the role as important producers when it comes to fur trade of the American Plains and, of course, the Canadian region. This paper will also deal with the two important company's namely the North West and Hudson's Bay Company and tell how each functioned during the time of fur trade. The term “fur traders” is the term often used to described anyone who was interested in the traffic of furs. The traditional picture has been that of a male in buckskin shirt and a raccoon cap, dispensing alcohol and trinkets to gullible savages, in turn for the quality furs worth 10 times their value.
...d the economic, ethical, and practical aspects of international regulation. Different views of ecology, culture, and legitimacy as they pertain to a valued resource and its exploitation for human purposes. While it is safe to say one must preserve the historical and cultural value of whaling nations and nations around the world, it can also be said of animals. While many nations continue to cling to their cultural ancestry background of whaling and the right for scientific research, it is proven that such human endeavors must be carefully and faithfully regulated. Commercial whaling has essentially seized to exist in the clear claims of such, but Japan and other nations are ever so slightly getting closer to that boundary. “We should remember in our dealings with animals that they are a sacred trust to us…[They] cannot speak for themselves” (Harriet Beecher Stowe).
Illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing, or pirate fishing, is a huge threat to the marine environment, it's bio diversity in food development is dependent on it. Losses due to pirate fishing are estimated to be between 10-23.5 billion U.S. dollars per year. Representing 11-26 million tons of fish. West African waters are estimated to have the highest levels of pirate fishing in the world. Fish is a crucial source of protein for millions of people. Fishing is the major coastal employment along the coast's. During a dramatic two year investigation, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has documented mass amounts of pirate fishing on the West Coast of Africa. Pirate fishermen are literally out of control. They are fishing in protected areas, destroying local fishermens nets and sabotaging them, hiding their names, and shipping their catch illegally at sea. They evade arrest, attack local fishermen, and abusing their own crews. The catches of these pirates have been entering the EU. the worlds largest import market for seafood. This is despite a new EU regulation. The regulation requires all fish imported into Europe to be accompanied by a catch certificate that asks for name, address, validating authority, fishing vessel name, license, and homeport. This is all declares that the catches have been declared legal.y 90% of the vessels documented by EJF fishing illegally are bottom trawlers. Bottom trawlers are are vessels that drag heavy nets across the sea bed catching all marine life in their path. Up to 75% of call the catches made on these vessels are dumped back into the sea, dead or dying. Fish is the principal source of protein for 2.9 billion people. But the United Nations recognizes 80% of the world's fisheries are e...