Namibia Fights EU Seal Ban

20 February 2013

THE seal saga has taken a surprise turn with Namibia joining Norway and Canada in its fight to lift the ban on importing seal products into the European Union (EU). This came shortly after Ombudsman John Walters released his report on the legality of the annual seal hunt in Namibia.

There are currently an estimated 1,2 million seals in Namibia (600 000 cows, 350 000 bulls and 254 000 pups) and Walters found that the harvest is sustainable and that the total allowable catch has been and still is rationally linked to the seal population.

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