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Abstract
Total Allowable Catch has been set at 400,000 for 2014; however, this number is purely political. As in recent years, the catch will not reach anywhere near this number. -- Total catches in past years have been: 89,030 in 2013, 69,139 in 2012, 40,370 in 2011, and 69,101 in 2010. -- The hunt is primarily for the pelt, with some blubber used. Based on numbers from 2011, 90% of the meat from the carcass is left on the ice. In 2013, the Canadian Government reported no meat being landed. -- Opinion polling indicates that 71% of Canadians do not think the commercial seal hunt should receive any government funding. -- Three quarters of Newfoundlanders support funding to help sealers transition, and half of sealers would stop sealing if they had some government support. -- 1 in 5 Newfoundlanders oppose the seal hunt, and 71% think it makes sense to question it when it requires government funding to continue. -- Carino, the only remaining seal pelt processor, has received over $7 million in government loans over the past 2 years....