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The harvesting of harp seal pups known as white coats, or blue backs (the hooded seal pups), is illegal in Canada and has been since 1987


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Randy Jenkins, Director, Enforcement, Fisheries and Oceans Canada – The hunting of harp seal pups known as white coats, or blue backs (the hooded seal pups), is illegal in Canada and has been since 1987. No person shall commercially hunt these animals and the Marine Mammal Regulations prohibit to buy, sell, trade or barter of these pelts.

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