General

• Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards (AIHTS): EU, Canadian and Russian Federation Agreement - Read
• Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards (AIHTS): Ratified in 1998 by the EU (Council decisions 98/142/EC and 98/487/EC) - Read

Seals

The main seal producing countries are Canada, Greenland and Norway. Seals are not generally killed to supply the fur trade but as part of government and scientist-monitored population management programmes.

• Sealing section of Norwegian national website - Read
• Regulations on seal hunting in Norway - Read
• Seals and Sealing Network - Read
• Canada’s Marine Mammal Regulations SOR/93-56 stipulate hunting seasons, quotas, vessel size and methods of slaughter. - Read
• In Greenland, hunting is the responsibility of the Ministry of Fisheries and Hunting and the legal acts and regulations that cover seal hunting are:
• - Law on hunting (12/1999) - Read
• - Law on animal protection (25/2003) - Read
• - Law on nature protection (29/2003) - Read
• - In addition there are two regulations on permits for commercial hunt (20/2003) and recreational hunt (21/2002)